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As a resident of Southern California I am used to wildfires. I've evacuated from a few, watched a few from a handful of miles away, and covered many as a local reporter.
This time around, even my seasoned wildfire eyes were wide as the Station fire near me grew and grew.
CNN reports,
"A fast-moving wildfire in Southern California has nearly doubled in size and is threatening 10,000 homes on Monday, officials said.
Fire officials said Monday they had ordered mandatory evacuations for residents of the 10,000 homes under threat.
The Station Fire had grown to 85,576 acres by Monday morning, an incident commander said.
The blaze is 5 percent contained while it is fueled by dry air and protected by the steep terrain in and around the Angeles National Forest."
The fire claimed the lives of Capt. Tedmund Hall, 47, and Spc. Arnaldo Quinones, 35, on Sunday, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The two firefighters were killed when their truck went down a steep embankment.
Mind of Winter writes, "My heart is absolutely breaking. This fire season has been so mild that I thought we might get through unscathed, but with the heat wave of the last few days fires have broken out in the mountains all around us. It's absolutely devastating. Our neighborhood and home are not at risk, but there are many people who have been evacuated along with their pets, many recreation areas have been devastated and wild animals injured and displaced. It's just killing me. I can barely write about it."
Cookie Jill at Skippy the Bush Kangaroo gives us an update on the fire's path:
"the fire burning in angeles national forest is approaching the historic solar observatory and television transmission towers atop mt. wilson, according to los angeles county fire officials.
the communications towers house transmitters for every major television station in los angeles."
The Angeles National Forest, where the fire is currently burning, has it's own Twitter page and is providing updates.
"For evac info on Station Fire please call 211. Please RT! Media: Please Promote... #Station"
It's also offering ways to help the fallen firefighters of this disaster:
"Support the families of injured and fallen wildland firefighters http://www.wffoundation.org/"
Contributing Editor Erin Kotecki Vest also blogs at Queen of Spain blog, where she's got the house sealed and the air conditioning on to keep the smoke out.
