“Do not risk your life to save your home,” county Supervisor Mike Antonovich said in a news conference today. “Save your life and let the public safety save your home.”
The Station fire started at 3:20 p.m. Wednesday near the Angeles Crest Highway just north of La Cañada in the Angeles National Forest. Firefighters lost control of the fire when it jumped a main ridge Thursday night.
The fire remained 5% contained this morning, but 1,800 homes and 52 building are still threatened.
“Our strategy right now is to kick the fire when it’s down and fall back to a defensive mode when we need to and go back after it again,” said Mike Dietrich, the fire’s incident commander.
So far, the blaze’s intense heat has resulted in one firefighter being rushed to a nearby hospital for dehydration and renal failure, officials said. The firefighter was going to be released from the hospital today.
While the fire is shifting east into Altadena, fires continue to burn locally, city representative Kevin Chun said.
Los Angeles County Fire Department and the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station closed streets along Oceanview Boulevard in La Crescenta today. The streets include Bristow Drive, Derwood Drive, Manestee Drive and Highrim Road.
A 24-hour American Red Cross emergency shelter set up at La Cañada High School has been home for some residents who left their houses and belongings Friday night and early this morning during mandatory evacuations.
Three evacuations were ordered between 10:30 p.m. Friday and 2:30 this morning, said Lt. David Fender, sheriff’s incident commander.
