July 13, 2006
Sawtooth Complex, Millard Canyon Fires Rage
CBS.2 reports, "...the Sawtooth Complex in Yucca Valley and the Millard Canyon in the San Gorgonio wildlands -- had burned a combined 40,600 acres, according to the California Department of Forestry and the San Bernardino National Forest Fire Information Center.
Both fires were started by lightning strikes on July 9, with high winds fanning the flames amid low humidity.
The Sawtooth Complex fire had burned 37,000 acres and was 15 percent contained as of early Wednesday evening, with no estimate on full containment, according to CDF San Bernardino Firefighter Nick Rossman.
That fire had destroyed 42 houses, 55 outbuildings and 91 vehicles, and caused mandatory evacuations in Pioneertown, Burns Canyon, Flamingo Heights, Rim Rock, Gamma Gulch and Little Morango Canyon, Rossman said. An evacuation center was set up at Yucca Valley High School, Rossman said."
CBS.2 has some decent video coverage on the website.
California Department of Forestry spokeswoman Karen Guillemin stated when asked about the possiblity of the fire heading towards the San Bernardino National Forest and the resort community of Big Bear Lake, "If it starts in there it will be almost impossible to stop".
I was thinking the same thing myself. The winds look in favor of that not happening right now.
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Both fires were started by lightning strikes on July 9, with high winds fanning the flames amid low humidity.
The Sawtooth Complex fire had burned 37,000 acres and was 15 percent contained as of early Wednesday evening, with no estimate on full containment, according to CDF San Bernardino Firefighter Nick Rossman.
That fire had destroyed 42 houses, 55 outbuildings and 91 vehicles, and caused mandatory evacuations in Pioneertown, Burns Canyon, Flamingo Heights, Rim Rock, Gamma Gulch and Little Morango Canyon, Rossman said. An evacuation center was set up at Yucca Valley High School, Rossman said."
CBS.2 has some decent video coverage on the website.
California Department of Forestry spokeswoman Karen Guillemin stated when asked about the possiblity of the fire heading towards the San Bernardino National Forest and the resort community of Big Bear Lake, "If it starts in there it will be almost impossible to stop".
I was thinking the same thing myself. The winds look in favor of that not happening right now.
Other coverage
