BLAZE SPREADING NEAR GORMAN.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Staff Writer ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los - With firefighting resources stretched thin - and a fleet of C-130 planes grounded after this week's crash in Yosemite - a brush fire quickly grew out of control Tuesday north of Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, near Gorman. Four helicopters were available to fight the flames in the remote northwestern edge of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County, but dispatchers were searching outside the area for fixed-wing aircraft "Airplane" and "Aeroplane" redirect here. For other uses, see Airplane (disambiguation). A fixed-wing aircraft is a heavier-than-air craft where movement of the wings in relation to the aircraft is not used to generate lift. to call. Southland resources have been fighting the 6,000-acre wildfire in the Cajon Pass At an elevation of 1,277 meters (4,190 ft.) the Cajon Pass (IPA: [kə'hoʊn 'pæs]) is a moderate-elevation mountain pass between the San Bernardino Mountains and the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California in the United States. and the C-130A firefighting planes used by the U.S. Forest Service sat idle as investigators searched for the cause of a crash Monday in Yosemite that killed all three crew members. `'They're having trouble getting a fixed-wing,'' said Kathy Peterson, a spokeswoman for the Angeles National Forest. ``Let's just say there's been a lot of activity.'' The county Fire Department sent 25 engines to the blaze, which started about 2:30 p.m. east of the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. and south of state Route 138. The fire quickly grew to 150 acres ``and growing,'' Fire Inspector Edward Osorio said. Smoke blanketed Santa Clarita, 30 miles to the south, and fire officials would hazard no estimate on when the blaze might be contained. Sheriff's deputies advised residents of ranches in area and campers at nearby Pyramid Lake to prepare to evacuate, but no evacuations had been ordered by early evening. With winds from the north gusting to 20 mph, the fire moved into the Angeles National Forest, and crews set out to keep the blaze from traveling south to the rural community of Lake Hughes. |
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