![]() The landscapes were also primed to burn after going decades without fire. “Fuel moistures are low as they have been year after year,” said Alison Hesterly, a public information officer with Cal Fire San Bernardino, adding that erratic winds had shifted the flames in different directions. The blaze broke out Saturday not far from Wrightwood near the Pacific Crest trail in the San Gabriel mountains, and moved quickly through the steep terrain covered in parched pine trees and dry brush, officials with the San Bernardino county fire department said. #CAwx #CAfire /MlrE9gdgv7- US StormWatch June 13, 2022 It is only mid-June and the #SheepFire in SoCal is burning with an intensity more commonly seen in peak fire season.Īn ominous sign for later this summer/fall when vegetation dries out even further. The Sheep fire, which grew to more than 990 acres (400 hectares), was 18% contained as of Monday afternoon, according to officials, who also said 300 people had been evacuated from the area. Meanwhile, in California, evacuation orders were in place on Monday for remote homes near a wildfire that flared up over the weekend in mountains north-east of Los Angeles, authorities said. An incident management team is scheduled to arrive on Monday. “With this thing going as fast as it is, it could get much closer, of course hoping it doesn’t,” King said.Īuthorities said 13 engines, nine crews, six prevention patrol units, three bulldozers and one water tender were involved in fighting the fire. Gusts were sweeping the smoke through Schultz Pass toward Doney Park and authorities asked everyone in the area to leave immediately. “The winds are high, and I think they’re going to have a little bit of a battle with it,” she added of the fire forming large ominous plumes on the horizon. Her family of 11 is planning to stay at the Navajo Nation casino, which is offering assistance to tribal members who evacuated. She said she barely had had time to settle back in after the last evacuation earlier this spring. “Here we go again,” said resident Euelda King said as she waited with her family in a parking lot, watching smoke billow through the air and aircraft flying overhead. The fires have forced many residents in the Flagstaff area to evacuate for a second time this season. The two fires are expected to combine, and are burning near where the Tunnel fire was recently contained in Coconino county. Nearby, a separate blaze, named the Haywire fire, ignited early Monday morning – probably due to flying embers – and within hours had blackened more than 1,600 acres (650 hectares). #FireWX #Flagstaff #azwx /k9PgJYLyBR- Michael Steinberg June 13, 2022 Coconino county sheriff issuing GO evacs for residents on HWY 89 North near Sacred Mountain trading post and Antelope Hills. The #PipelineFire is already beginning to show increased fire activity.
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