(BTW: If you have photos from this fire in Whittier tonight, please send me one to my email at RREconomy@aol.com). Be safe!
WHITTIER -
A part of the "magical" Whittier Hills were on fire tonight, causing a huge traffic jam and lots of worried local neighbors and concerned residents.
Here are some of the details:
WHITTIER -
A part of the "magical" Whittier Hills were on fire tonight, causing a huge traffic jam and lots of worried local neighbors and concerned residents.
Here are some of the details:
- 125 firefighters are on the scene at the blaze.
- Fire broke out at around 5 p.m.
- Location of the flash point of the fire is east side of Colima Road, just north of Mar Vista Street.
- Los Angeles County Fire Department and Whittier Department responded to the incident.
- No structures were immediately threatened.
- Some buildings and structures near Skyline Drive and Aurora Crest Drive area considered to be "in danger."
- Winds in the Whittier Hills tonight are around 6 to 8 mph.
- Four helicopters
- One large helitanker
- Two fixed-wing airplanes were brought in to drop water
- The cause of the fire in not yet known and is under investigation.
- The blaze may have had as many as three points of origin.
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