SoCal wildfires keep spreading
October 13, 2008 | 12:01
pm
Even as the Marek fire, which has spread to 3,700 acres and shrunk to 5% containment, destroyed 37 mobile homes, new fires burn near Porter Ranch, in Santa Clarita and in San Bernardino County. A fire just north of Chatsworth, near Browns Canyon Road, is at five acres and growing quickly.
Air quality in the area is awful, needless to say. The American Lung Assn. of California is urging people to use common sense and stay indoors and to limit outdoor activity.
All local news channels have now switched to full fire coverage. Our fire package of stories, pix and maps, updated as new info comes in, is here.
— Veronique de Turenne
Photo: The Sky Terrace Mobile Lodge was hit by the Marek fire. Credit: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times
Is there or is there not a fire in San Bernidino? Plesase let me know.
Posted by: Rita | October 13, 2008 at 12:54 PM