BRUSH BURNS IN SAUGUS.Byline: Jin Whang Daily News Staff Writer Nearly 1,000 acres of brush burned above Saugus Speedway on Saturday, threatening homes and businesses before the blaze was contained by more than 200 firefighters, officials said. SuperScoopers, bulldozers and hazardous materials experts helped extinguish Extinguish Retire or pay off debt. the majority of the blaze by evening, fire officials said. No structures were damaged, but several main roads in 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, were closed as winds threatened to spread the fire from the hilly hill·y adj. hill·i·er, hill·i·est 1. Having many hills. 2. Similar to a hill; steep. hill terrain to nearby homes. About 75 percent of the fire was contained late Saturday night, said 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 fire Battalion Chief Jim Crawford Jim Crawford may refer to:
Officials closed parts of Magic Mountain Parkway and San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the up to Bouquet Canyon and Soledad Canyon Soledad Canyon is a long narrow canyon / valley located in Los Angeles County, California between the cities of Palmdale and Santa Clarita. Soledad Canyon contains the localities of Vincent, Acton, Ravenna, and Agua Dulce. roads. The blaze burned within 40 yards of the residential streets Derby Place and Sheffield Lane - just east of San Fernando Road. The homes were not evacuated, although residents said they could see the fire from their back yards. ``The flames were showing up from over the trees,'' said Susan Caldwell, 45, of Saugus. ``You could see the flames all along San Fernando Road.'' Twenty nearby businesses, including Sam's Mobil station at Bouquet and Soledad, were closed and evacuated for several hours after the fire began at 2 p.m. Ashes from the blaze were blowing onto the gas station like snow, said Habib Rehman, an employee at the Mobil. ``It's all over the place,'' said the Van Nuys man, who witnessed the flames that came as close as ``behind our station.'' The cause of the fire was under investigation. CAPTION(S): 2 photos PHOTO (1) A firefighter watches a wall of flame erupt from burning brush Saturday near San Fernando Road. (2) A SuperScooper airplane drops its load to keep a brush fire from reaching industrial facilities in Santa Clarita on Saturday. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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