Rancho Palos Verdes Fire

California - A heat wave that brought record temperatures to many parts of southern California fires fed voracious four in metropolitan Angelina, including one from Thursday night threatened several homes in Rancho Palos Verdes, a peninsula at 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of downtown Los Angeles.

Fire in the coastal town forced the authorities to turn evacuation orders in several residential areas surrounded by dry brush. The first report came shortly before 8:00 pm near the Ocean Street and Palos Verdes Drive Trail, near the Trump National Golf Club, Captain Mike Brown of the Fire Department, County of Los Angeles.
With 225 firefighters in the area, the fire quickly spread to an area of 12 hectares (30 acres), consuming in its wake an unspecified number of structures, according to a dispatcher.

Captain Sam Padilla told the station it was KTLA5 fire three places and that there were five water-dropping helicopters that had joined the efforts of combat from 10:00 pm, when the flames covered the 30 hectares (75 acres).

Mandatory evacuation orders were issued for the Portuguese Bend Street, Crest Road and Amber Sky Drive. It is unknown how many residents had to flee their homes.

People who were ordered to evacuate or not allowed to return to their homes were targeted at school Palos Verdes Peninsula High School in the street 27,118 Silver Spur Drive in Rolling Hills Estates.

At the same time, an evacuation center for horses and large animals in the park was opened Ernie J. 25,851 Howlett Park in Hawthorne Boulevard in Rolling Hills States.

Meanwhile, another fire in La Canada Flintridge, a suburb about 20 kilometers (13 miles) north of Los Angeles, spread on Thursday night on a canyon area near the Angeles Crest Highway, which also were issued warrants evacuation.

During the course of the day, known as Fire Station grew from 140 to 200 hectares (350 to 500 acres) of dry chaparral, reported the Los Angeles Times.

Firefighters had managed to contain the fire in just 5 percent late Thursday. According to authorities, five buildings were threatened by flames and 500 homes were "low risk" as the flames were moving in two directions.

In Riverside County, a fire was spreading over an area of 160 hectares (400 acres) near the town of Hemet, 140 kilometers (88 miles) east of Los Angeles, but until Thursday night there were reports of structures at risk.

All three fires started on Thursday joined the Morris Fire in Angeles National Forest, a fire that has consumed about 800 hectares (2 acres) and has been contained by 60 percent.

Source: www.univision.com