Half A Dozen Wildfires Ring Much Of Greater Los Angeles
deadline.comToday, after a number of mostly spot fires throughout the region in recent weeks, Los Angeles finds itself partially ringed by blazes: one in La Tuna Canyon, two more in the Angeles National Forest, one in Redlands, another one to the north near Palmdale and a sixth — the largest in the state this year — continuing to burn inland from Santa Barbara.
The results have included, just in the last 24 hours, evacuations, freeway and road closures, structure-protection efforts and a search for a group of teens who may be in the path of the flames.
Among the current blazes is a brush fire burning approximately 29 acres of vegetation alongside the Foothill (210) Freeway in Tujunga today.
Firefighters responded to the blaze burning along the eastbound side of the freeway near La Tuna Canyon Road around 4:10 p.m.
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