I-5 BLAZE CONTAINED; FIREFIGHTERS QUELLING LAST OF HOT SPOTS.Byline: Orith Goldberg Staff Writer 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 fire crews on Thursday continued mopping a series of fires that had fused into a 350-acre blaze near the 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. , officials said. Four fires Four Fires is a novel written by Bryce Courtenay. It tells the story of the Maloney family, living in country Victoria in the 1940's. It is based on a Victorian town called Yankalillee, which is in the Wangaratta - Wodonga Area. were ignited about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday by sparks from a lumber truck's exhaust. The sparks apparently ignited the truck's cargo as well, because the driver stopped his truck north of Templin Highway to extinguish the burning lumber. He gave his name to a passer-by then continued on because he was late in delivering his load, deputies said. The blaze burned for eight hours about two miles north of Templin Highway before it was contained by crews from the 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 and the U.S. Forest Service. The truck also sparked a quarter-acre fire on the southbound side of the freeway near Vista Del Lago, and a five-acre fire south of Gorman, officials said. About 180 Forest Service firefighters remained in the area Thursday, said county fire Inspector Ed Osorio. ``They are extinguishing hot spots hot spots acute moist dermatitis. within the burn,'' he said. Two Forest Service firefighters were transported Wednesday to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, where they were treated for bee stings and smoke inhalation Smoke Inhalation Definition Smoke inhalation is breathing in the harmful gases, vapors, and particulate matter contained in smoke. Description Smoke inhalation typically occurs in victims or firefighters caught in structural fires. and released, officials said. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) U.S. Forestry Service crew works on hot spots north of Castaic, near southbound Interstate 5. The fire was contained early Thursday (2 -- color) Charles Kott, U.S. Forestry Service, drinks water during the crew's mop-up operation. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer |
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