BOATERS FORCED TO FLEE FIRE FLAMES RAGE OUT OF CONTROL NEAR LAKE.Byline: PATRICIA PATRICIA Practical Algorithm To Retrieve Information Coded In Alphanumeric PATRICIA Proving and Testability for Reliability Improvement of Complex Integrated Architectures PATRICIA PApilloma TRIal Cervical cancer In young Adults 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 -- Sheriff's deputies ordered boaters off Pyramid Lake Pyramid Lake, 188 sq mi (487 sq km), W Nev. The lake, a remnant of ancient Lake Lahontan, receives the Truckee River. Visited (1844) by U.S. explorer John Frémont, the lake was named for its large pyramidal rocks. on Wednesday as a wildfire burning deep in the Ventura County wilderness headed east toward the recreation area and darkened dark·en v. dark·ened, dark·en·ing, dark·ens v.tr. 1. a. To make dark or darker. b. To give a darker hue to. 2. To fill with sadness; make gloomy. 3. the skies over Santa Clarita. At the same time, U.S. Forest Service personnel made the rounds to truck stops catering to Interstate 5 traffic to warn of heavy smoke in the freeway corridor from Castaic to Gorman, forest spokesman Stanton Florea said. ``It's really smoky up here,'' Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sgt. Roger Wallace said from his post at Pyramid Lake, a recreational reservoir at the foot of the Grapevine. ``We had about 30 boaters on the lake. We asked them to leave because the fire is coming up over the ridge.'' Flames were still a mile or so away, but with temperatures above 100 degrees, humidity in the teens and gusty gust·y adj. gust·i·er, gust·i·est 1. Blowing in or marked by gusts: a gusty storm. 2. Characterized by sudden outbursts. 30 mph winds, all bets were off. ``Conditions are very dry out there and expected to get drier tonight with a low-pressure system coming,'' said Brigitta Van Der Raay, a spokeswoman for Los Padres National Forest Los Padres National Forest is a forest located in southern and central California, which includes most of the mountainous land along the California coast from Ventura to Monterey, extending inland. Elevations range from sea level to 8,831 feet. , where the fire started Monday. A command post was established at Castaic Lake, about 20 miles south, as smoke filled the skies in the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. from the Day Fire that has burned out of control since Monday. The holiday fire was so named because earlier Monday a fire near Castaic was dubbed the Labor Fire. By late Wednesday, at least 2,500 acres had burned. ``It's definitely expanding,'' Van Der Raay said. No injuries or damage were reported, but the fire remained out of control, she said. It was burning toward the northeast to the Angeles National Forest and also to the southwest. The latter could prove fortunate if flames move toward an area burned by the 2003 Piru Fire because that could slow things on that front, Van Der Raay said. The fire was moving closer but was not an immediate threat to the Sespe Condor Sanctuary The 53,000 acre Condor Sanctuary was created in 1947. On January 14, 1992, two captive bred California Condors and two Andean Condors were released into the Sespe Condor Sanctuary, overlooking the Sespe Creek, near Fillmore, California. north of Fillmore. Florea, of the Angeles forest, said he had stopped to talk with some Castaic residents concerned about the clouds of smoke hovering over their homes. In past fire seasons, local forest officials said they were worried the parched parch v. parched, parch·ing, parch·es v.tr. 1. To make extremely dry, especially by exposure to heat: The midsummer sun parched the earth. forest area north of Castaic could ignite and spread to Los Padres, where heavy thickets haven't burned since 1960. pat.aidem@dailynews.com (661) 257-5251 CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) The Day Fire burned out of control on Wednesday as it headed toward the Pyramid Lake recreation area. Mike Meadows/Special to the Daily News (2 -- color) Firefighters established a command post at Castaic Lake, about 20 miles south of where the Day Fire was burning out of control on Wednesday. The latest report had 2,500 acres burned, according to the Los Padres National Forest. David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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