BRUSH FIRE SHUTS DOWN TWO GOLDEN STATE FREEWAY LANES CREWS WORK TO CONTAIN BLAZE IN ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST.Byline: Staff and Wire Services 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 - Two lanes 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. were closed most of Friday as firefighters mopped up the latest in a series of brush fires that have blackened black·en v. black·ened, black·en·ing, black·ens v.tr. 1. To make black. 2. To sully or defame: a scandal that blackened the mayor's name. 3. thousands of acres of forest land outside Santa Clarita. More than 100 acres burned in the Angeles National Forest near Pyramid Lake on the east side of the freeway. Firefighters launched a swift aerial assault on a brush fire that broke out Thursday and within hours had the blaze largely contained, authorities said. More than 100 firefighters raced to the hilly brush-dotted area some 40 miles north of downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or when flames were reported shortly after 4:30 p.m. Firefighters were aided by two water-dropping airplanes and a helicopter. ``We've knocked a large percentage of the fire out,'' said 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 Inspector Ron Haralson. ``We'll just continue to monitor it until it's completely contained.'' No structures in the sparsely populated area near Pyramid Lake were reported to have been threatened. Two lanes of the northbound Interstate 5, a main route connecting Los Angeles with San Francisco, were closed until about noon Friday while firefighting equipment was parked to the side of the road. The right lane was due to open by 6 p.m. to help alleviate traffic leaving town for the weekend. On Thursday, the entire northbound side was closed briefly as heavy smoke blanketed the freeway, limiting visibility. The forest land, dried by years of drought and low humidity over the summer, is especially prone to fire this year, officials said. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Firefighter Chad Markham douses hot spots hot spots acute moist dermatitis. from the brush fire that broke out near Pyramid Lake. David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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