Tujunga CA

Tujunga CA

Tujunga CA has Station Fire evacuations still in place as the Station blaze threatens Tuesday La Canada-Flintridge, La Crescenta, Acton, Soledad Canyon, Pasadena and Glendale. Tujunga evacuations are northwest of Day at Blue Gum Canyon Rd to Glory Ave to westbound Apperson St to northbound Fairgrove Ave to westbound Summitrose St to northbound Pinyon Ave to westbound Hillrose St to northbound Seven Hills Dr to Lonzo St.

Tujunga was home to John Steven McGroarty, California Poet Laureate. Sarah R. Lombard, 1990, Rancho Tujunga: A History of Sundland-Tujunga, California.. Fire officials said at least 71 homes had been destroyed since the fire started last week, most of them clustered in the foothill community of La Crescenta on the northern fringe of suburban Los Angeles. Other neighborhoods are now at risk, including about 300 homes on the southwest flank of the blaze just inside Los Angeles city limits.

The fire more than doubled in size as it burned out of control for a sixth day, charring 105,000 acres (42,500 hectares), up from 42,000 acres (17,000 hectares) late on Sunday, and sending up towering palls of smoke that fouled the air for miles (km) around. Two firefighters died on Sunday when they were overrun by flames in the Angeles National Forest and rugged San Gabriel Mountains. Nearly 2,600 firefighting personnel, some from as far away as Montana and Wyoming, were battling the blaze.

Acton California

Acton California

The fire is now threatening the city of Acton, California, and local homes are being evacuated, said Jennifer Sanchez, a spokeswoman for the Angeles National Forest. “The temperatures are still high and the winds are pushing the fire to the north,” Sanchez said in a phone interview. The fire is still only 5 percent contained, and may be finally under control on Sept. 8, the forest service said on its Web site.

Firefighters likely aren’t going to receive much help today with temperatures expected to remain in the mid-90 degree Fahrenheit (35 degrees Celsius) range as a high-pressure system slowly weakens during the next several days, said Heather Buchman, a meteorologist with AccuWeather.com in State College, Pennsylvania. The high pressure is preventing cooler, moist air from the ocean from flowing onshore, keeping humidity levels low, she said. As of yesterday, California had more than 5,200 firefighters battling eight major blazes across the state that burned more than 21,000 acres, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said.

The blaze nearly tripled in size in triple-digit heat Saturday, leaving three people burned, destroying at least three homes and forcing the evacuation of 1,000 homes and an untold number of people. A slight drop in temperatures and an influx of fire crews from around the state were expected to bring some relief Sunday. Mandatory evacuations were in effect for neighborhoods in Altadena, Glendale, Pasadena, La Crescenta and Big Tujunga Canyon.