COPTERS CALLED IN TO BATTLE FIRE, PROTECT HOMES.Byline: Daily News LEONA VALLEY - Firefighters in the air and ground battled a wildfire fire that broke out late Wednesday afternoon in triple-digit temperatures. Helicopters were called in to help protect homes along Elizabeth Lake Road as the flames moved eastward through dry grass and light brush and sent up a huge plume of smoke, officials said. ``We have over 200 personnel on the line,'' 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 Inspector John Mancha said. Sheriff's deputies and California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officers temporarily halted traffic on Godde Hill Road leading from Quartz Hill and on Bouquet Canyon Road 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, as well as on Elizabeth Lake Road. Within 15 minutes of the report of the blaze just after 4:30 p.m. at Elizabeth Lake Road and Bouquet Canyon Road, fire officials dispatched a second contingent of units to help fight it. The fire 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. about 15 acres in its first 45 minutes. |
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