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Posted by Helen:
fire up in La Canada/Flintridge area is still burning furiously, houses lost and fireman dead, Very tragic and it continues. The fire closer to me in Arcadia/ Glendora area is mostly under control. I was able to see it from my backyard. Altho I am a good 10 miles away, my house sits up very high so I can see quite a distance. The fire in Palos Verdes area is 100% contained. Sadly this is likely just the beggining as we are very dry here. I actually saw some dumb SOB throw a lit cigarette out of his car window on the freeway on friday.

Posted by Joanna
Thanks so much Helen, watching closely so sad, have son in SM and he has friends/family in surrounding areas -- guess it is fires there and/or hurricanes here - stressful I know - we are so fortunate to have this board to discuss the CA fires, b'days, recipes at holidays (fun side line most enjoy, so humorous) and MOST OF ALL travel in the "best" sense of the word with fantastic advice from such nice people - thank you B&K!!!!!!!


Posted by jhp
Can someone tell me what a "Station Fire" is? I mean, I know this awful fire is one, but I'm not from CA and just heard the term several times on the news today.

Here's hoping they will soon contain this monster, and that all our CA friends (along with the many other millions who live there) will be safe.

Posted by Ralph
The name " Station Fire" was used as , the local tv news said, it started near a station. The station was a ranger station I believe.

Joanna, do not forget that we get to talk about
" Heidi's " on this board also. We need to remember Tony's favorite subject.

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the HO DOWN. Carol and I are having a hard time waiting.

Posted by Kathy
All the fires here are given nicknames by the Fire Departments usually based on something geographical or unique to the area - no different than the way we name the B&K cruises.

The latest on the fire is that 12,000 homes are evacuated but not all are in harms way and a lot of people are under order to leave but they are not going! The Station Fire is mostly in a forested area that has not burned for 50-70 years. There are three fires in SO Cal burning now. Palos Verdes is still burning but oontained. There is a fire in Yucaipa/Hemet - not far from Palm Springs on the other side of the mountain but that is small. The Station Fire is 30 miles wide and 20 miles long. The smoke and ash unbelievable. The communications towers for most of So Calif are in that area and they are expecting some outages. They are bringing in some relief fire fighters from San Diego. Frank's son is deployed in Yucaipa and will be moving his battalion (he is a battalion chief) to the Station Fire shortly. Our neighbor is with LA County fire and he is not expected home until the fire is out - predicted to be after Sept 15th

You can listen online to the local news at www.knx1070.com or www.kfwb.com - those are the local all news stations.