Crews Battle 800-Acre Brush Fire Near Rancho Cucamonga
Source: CBS Los Angeles
RANCHO CUCAMONGA (CBSLA.com) Crews Wednesday were battling an approximately 800-acre brush fire in the San Bernardino National Forest.
The Etiwanda Fire was reported around 8:08 a.m. in Etiwanda Canyon, just north of Rancho Cucamonga, the U.S. Forest Service said.
The brusher was being fueled by wind gusts averaging 60 mph, unseasonably warm temperatures and dry vegetation, as the region is under a red flag warning, authorities said.
The fire is under unified command between Rancho Cucamonga Fire, CAL FIRE and USFS. Approximately 550 personnel were on scene, including 30 engines and 18 crews, according to officials.
KNX 1070?s Claudia Peschiutta reports authorities are concerned the flames could take a turn for the worse if the wind gusts continue.
The big challenge on these fires is the wind and the unpredictability, and with winds like this we cant put up aircrafts. Its just too dangerous. So we try and figure out where its going to end up and put our resources there, Bob Poole of the USFS said.
Read more: http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/04/30/crews-battle-30-acre-brush-fire-near-rancho-cucamonga/
Hekate
(90,202 posts)I'm a Chaffey College grad from the mid-60s -- it was a great college, but as my family had just moved there from O'ahu I was having a hard time adjusting to how a very dry landscape could look (wrote several poems about the bones of the Earth pushing through ).
Keeping my fingers crossed for all the folks who live in that region -- it's shaping up to be an awful summer -- and fall -- and probably next winter too.
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)Yes it's going to be a very bad summer.
Hekate
(90,202 posts)...Haven Ave. and the 210 fwy. Having the wind blow so hard and at 5% humidity or whatever they've got is really concerning.
The discussion on the locked thread was fairly lively, which is why I posted this with the correct LBN format, but perhaps they all said what they wanted to say.
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)1,000 acres burned, 650 homes evacuated, but as far as I know no injuries or homes burned. It will be dark in a few hours, so let's hope the wind dies down and doesn't do anything outrageous
OnlinePoker
(5,702 posts)These normally bring rain to California so it could help the situation during the rainy season. Of course, if the slopes are bare from their ground cover burning, the results will be mudslides.