BRUSH FIRE BREAKS OUT NEAR FREEWAY.Byline: Daily News 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 - A fast-moving brush fire burned Thursday afternoon near 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. , forcing the closure of the northbound 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. north of Castaic. Flames were reported about 4:40 p.m. on the east side of the freeway at Vista del Lago Drive, Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La officials said. Within about a half-hour, 25 acres of brush had burned in the Angeles National Forest. It was one of the areas Cid Morgan, district ranger for the Santa Clara-Mojave Rivers Ranger District, had said she was worried would burn as the fire season intensified. Already, 34,000 acres have burned in the north county, mostly in the forest. Morgan said in an interview over the summer she worries a fire in the western Angeles, which hasn't burned in decades, could spread west toward the 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. . Years of drought have dried brush and left trees vulnerable to damage from pests, creating ideal fuel for a brush fire. About 100 county firefighters worked with U.S. Forest Service crews to battle the fire. They were aided from the air by SuperScooper air tankers and two helicopters. No structures were threatened as the fire burned to the north. |
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