AP: Wildfire makes menacing advance near Los Angeles

Wildfire makes menacing advance near Los Angeles
By JOHN ANTCZAK (AP) – 26 minutes ago


LOS ANGELES — A deadly wildfire that has blackened a wide swath of tinder-dry forest around Los Angeles made another menacing advance Monday, surging toward thousands of suburban homes and a vital mountaintop broadcasting complex.

Fire crews battling the blaze in the Angeles National Forest tried desperately to beat back the flames and prayed for weather conditions to ease. The fire was the largest of at least eight burning across California after days of triple-digit temperatures and low humidity.

The flames scorched 134 square miles of brush and threatened 12,000 homes, but the lack of wind kept them from driving explosively into the hearts of the dense suburbs northeast of Los Angeles.

"It's burning everywhere," U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Dianne Cahir said. "When it gets into canyons that haven't burned in numerous years, it takes off. If you have any insight into the good Lord upstairs, put in a request." ................(more)

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:cry:

or else this would be a conflagration that might rival Black Saturday.

I know that they have shelters set up at Hansen Dam -and that the fire has spread through Little Tujunga and is threatening the sanctuary. Not sure how (or if) they can move the animals.

The only thing I can find about it is a set of comment entries under this story:

http://www.scpr.org/blogs/fire-updates/2009/08/29/big-tujunga-canyon-evacuations/

:grouphug:

If you're not against wildfires, you're with them.

Hey, ain't it great when one of those dumb slogans might actually work on an issue?

you mean another city might be "poorly located"?

Whodathunkit..

:sarcasm:

Friends and family.

Taking horses, goats, etc. with them.