By City News Service
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ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST (CNS) - A brush fire sparked by a burning vehicle that scorched about 50 acres in the Angeles National Forest was 35% contained today, officials said.
The Antonio Fire was reported to be burning in about a half-acre of medium brush just before 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in the area of Glendora Ridge Road and Mount Baldy Road, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
The fire quickly traveled uphill and was reported to be at about 10 acres by 2:40 p.m., causing the closure of Mount Baldy Road and the Claremont Wilderness Park
California on fire: Satellite imagery captures Dixie Fire, other fires scorching the Golden State
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This screenshot of satellite video captured by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s GOES-17 satellite hovering 22,300 miles in space shows massive plumes of smoke and heat signatures from the wildfires blazing in Northern California.Courtesy of NOAA
Stunning imagery captured by a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s satellite 22,300 miles in space shows massive plumes of smoke and heat signatures from the wildfires blazing in Northern California, including the enormous Dixie Fire.
The high-resolution imagery which was overlaid with thermal imagery to show the wildfire hot spots was captured from NOAA’s GOES-17 satellite on Tuesday between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., said John Leslie, a spokesperson for NOAA’s Satellites. The dramatic footage shows reddish-orange land in areas where active wildfires have very high thermal signature
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By City News Service
Photo: Getty Images
ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST (CNS) - A brush fire sparked by a burning vehicle scorched about 10 acres in the Angeles National Forest today.
The fire was reported to be burning in about a half-acre of medium brush just before 2:30 p.m. in the area of Glendora Ridge Road and Mount Baldy Road, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
The fire quickly traveled uphill and was reported to be at about 10 acres by 2:40 p.m.
Firefighting helicopters were deployed to aid fire crews in dousing the blaze.
No structures were threatened by the fire.
Antonio Fire: Crews battling blaze stemming from burning car on Mt. Baldy
By KJ Hiramoto
Crews are working to take down a fire in the Angeles National Forest.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif. - Crews are working to take down a fire in the Angeles National Forest.
The Los Angeles County Fire Department initially responded to a call of a car fire near Glendora Ridge Road and Mount Baldy Road in the Angeles National Forest Tuesday afternoon.
The fire, dubbed as Antonio Fire, is holding at about 50 acres, according to the Angeles National Forest.
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