HISTORIC TOWER IN PATH OF FOREST FIRE CREWS ALSO TRY TO PROTECT LAKE FACILITIES.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 and EUGENE TONG Staff Writers 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 -- With a wall of flames charging through thick wilderness, firefighters wrapped a historic treasure in a metallic guard to protect it from a blaze that has burned out of control since Labor Day. The restored Slide Mountain fire lookout tower A fire lookout tower, fire tower or lookout tower, provides housing and protection for a person known as a "fire lookout" whose duty it is to search for fire in the wilderness. , one of just three remaining in the sprawling Angeles National Forest, surely stood in the path of the massive Day Fire, which by Friday evening had consumed more than 12,000 acres of forest about 30 miles north of Santa Clarita. ``Firefighters went in there prior to the fire and basically wrapped it in fire retardant material, the same type of stuff they use in their survival tents,'' said Ed Linquist, a U.S. Forest Service spokesman. A short distance away, crews were taken by boat across picturesque Pyramid Lake to clear brush around campgrounds, restrooms and other structures in danger of igniting. The lake, which typically draws capacity crowds in these waning summer weekends, will be closed until the fire is controlled, said sheriff's Deputy Rich Nichol, who patrols the on Monday, then as the threat resumed Wednesday, deputies ordered some 30 boaters off the water. The lake that normally reflects the intense blue of the forest sky was almost black from ash and the heavy smoke above, Nichol said. Helicopters frequently buzzed overhead, drawing water from Pyramid to douse the stubborn flames. By late afternoon Friday, the fire that has sent enormous clouds of brown smoke over the Santa Clarita and Antelope valleys had jumped from 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. into the Angeles. Because of the fire, the South Coast Air Quality Management District The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), formed in 1976, is the air pollution agency responsible mainly for regulating stationary sources of air pollution for most of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside County, and all of Orange county. issued a special smoke advisory Friday for 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. and areas in the San Gabriel Mountains San Gabriel Mountains, S Calif., E and NE of Los Angeles, running c.50 mi (80 km) westward from Cajon Pass. San Antonio Peak (10,080 ft/3,072 m) is the highest of the range. Citrus fruits are raised on the southern foothills. . eugene.tong(at)dailynews.com (818) 546-3304 CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color -- ran in SAC edition only) Santa Barbara firefighter Franc Chacon takes a wind reading above Pyramid Lake. In the background, the Day Fire, which has burned out-of-control since Labor Day, continues to blaze. David Crane/Staff Photographer (2 -- color in SAC edition only) A helicopter loads up with water at Pyramid Lake to make a drop on the Day Fire on Friday. The blaze started near Piru Creek and is spreading in the Sespe Wilderness Area. |
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