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Hekate

(90,202 posts)
Wed Apr 30, 2014, 05:16 PM Apr 2014

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 can’t put up aircrafts. It’s just too dangerous. So we try and figure out where it’s 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/

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Crews Battle 800-Acre Brush Fire Near Rancho Cucamonga (Original Post) Hekate Apr 2014 OP
More at the link -- updated from time to time. It's high desert; below Mt. Baldy. Hekate Apr 2014 #1
Blowing like a hurricane in SB. ucrdem Apr 2014 #3
I just got a snippet from KNX1070, and there's some concern that it might jump... Hekate Apr 2014 #5
Just saw the 4 pm news ucrdem Apr 2014 #6
El Nino is building in the Pacific OnlinePoker Apr 2014 #4
Good luck. Hoping for some favorable weather. mountain grammy Apr 2014 #2

Hekate

(90,202 posts)
1. More at the link -- updated from time to time. It's high desert; below Mt. Baldy.
Wed Apr 30, 2014, 05:21 PM
Apr 2014

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.

Hekate

(90,202 posts)
5. I just got a snippet from KNX1070, and there's some concern that it might jump...
Wed Apr 30, 2014, 06:09 PM
Apr 2014

...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)
6. Just saw the 4 pm news
Wed Apr 30, 2014, 08:02 PM
Apr 2014

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)
4. El Nino is building in the Pacific
Wed Apr 30, 2014, 05:35 PM
Apr 2014

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.

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