Firefighters were making progress Sunday evening on a fast-moving wildfire burning near homes in the outskirts of Santa Clarita. Evacuation orders for the Bike fire remained in effect as both L.A. County Fire and Angeles National Forest crews responded to the blaze. At about 4 p.m., a state emergency intelligence airplane mapped the fire at roughly 170 acres. Angeles National Forest officials said the fire was 12% contained around 4:45 p.m.
Earlier, around 1:20 p.m., smoke was visible in the rugged hills along the southeast side of the city, as reported by a Watch Duty user. An hour later, the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department ordered residents to evacuate as the fire grew in size. L.A. County set up an evacuation shelter at College of the Canyons, at 26455 Rockwell Canyon Road in Santa Clarita, and an animal shelter at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds, 2551 W.
Ave. H in Lancaster. The U.S. Forest Service and the L.A. County Fire Department had aircraft at work against the blaze, including a Super Scooper, the Angeles National Forest said in a Facebook post. The remnants of tropical storm Rachel brought rain and gnarly ocean conditions to much of Southern California, damaging homes in Newport Beach and flooding the Coachella Valley. However, preliminary readings from the National Weather Service recorded no rain in Santa Clarita.
