Bobcat fire mushrooms, doubling in size in one day in San Gabriel Mountains
LA TimesThe Bobcat fire rages above Rincon Fire Station on Highway 39 in the San Gabriel Mountains. Santa Ana winds continued to fuel the Bobcat fire in the Angeles National Forest on Thursday night, but much of the fire’s growth pushed northeast. California Photos: Bobcat fire rages in the Angeles National Forest Fears of a significant spread of the Bobcat fire dissipated as Santa Ana winds failed to materialize, but foothill communities remain on high alert. Bureau of Land Management fire hotshot crew Aravaipa huddle to plan their attack on the Bobcat fire along Highway 39 West Fork in the San Gabriel Mountains. Smoke blowing in from Northern California “may also contribute to widespread elevated PM2.5 concentrations,” the air district said, but due to shifting winds, the effects of the smoke “will be highly variable in both space and time.” A contract worker installs a street camera to a light post along North Azuza Ave. as smoke covers the sky from the Bobcat Fire.
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Bobcat fire within 500 feet of famed Mt. Wilson Observatory as firefighters mount a defense
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Photos: Bobcat fire rages in the Angeles National Forest
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Bobcat fire nearly doubles in size, but moves away from cities, towns near San Gabriel Mountains
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Bobcat fire keeps growing, and winds could push it into Monrovia, Arcadia and other foothill communities
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