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The photos above by Tom Andrews were taken in Acton, Sunday afternoon, as the fire approached.
These numbers are expected to change significantly by morning, but the Station Fire stands at 42,500 acres with 5 percent containment, according to officials. 2,575 personnel have responded, leaving four injured and two dead. 18 homes have been lost.
Flames had still not reached Mount Wilson nor threatened homes in Acton, according to an LA Times report filed shortly before 11 p.m. The blaze was most aggressive in the Mount Wilson area where firefighters cleared brush, creating a buffer zone between the structures on the mountaintop. Part of the threatened infrastructure includes broadcast towers used by local radio and television stations.
"We know there’s nothing we can do to stop the fire from reaching Mt. Wilson,” said Capt. Mark Savage of the Los Angeles County Fire Department to the Times. Another official said that "it’s not a matter of if, but when."
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Has anyone mentioned a potential cause of the fires?
I just found this online re: potential cause:
>>>Officials have declined to cite a cause for either of the fires, which remain under investigation. But they admitted the Morris Fire was "probably human-caused at some point."
It started about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday next to Highway 39, near a "No Trespassing" sign between mile markers 20 and 21.
I'm just curious why they refer to it as the "Station Fire" I can't seem to find anything on that.
I believe because it was first spotted from the Angeles Crest Ranger Station or because of its near location when it began last Wednesday. Fires kinda get named by whoever is there first. The cottonwood fire is named after it's starting location where cottonwoods were growing. The Sayre and Sesnon fires last year were named, I believe, because the 911 callers were calling from those roads.