CA-LAC- Sayre IC - Wildland brush fire 8000+ acres 20 30%

Updated at CA-LAC- Sayre - WUI Fire - 9,497 acres 60%

WUI Fire - Major Emergency Fire - Sylmar - Los Angeles - Rapid ROS
Evacuations in progress - Residential Structures burning - reports of multiple structure fires.

Sayre Fire perimeter map

Cal fire News - Derived from GeoMac

LAFD Blog map of the Evacuation Zone - http://lafd.blogspot.com/2008/11/laf...tion-zone.html -
Sayer Fire Information: Sayre Fire Public Information Line - 1-800-439-2909
Road closures: I-5 and Hwy 14 closed through the Newhall Pass. I-405 closed at Hwy 118.
Hard closures: SB I5 AT SR126 AND NB I5 AT SR118, I210 BETWEEN I5 AND SR118, SB/NB I5 TO EB I210, EB/WB I210 TO I118

UPDATE: 11-15 18:57hrs - 8000+ Acres burned, 500 mobile homes destroyed, 10 SFD, multiple outbuildings. 4 minor Firefighter injuries, Currently the IC has moved to Hansen Dam, and night operational period beginning. Helicopters will be flying all night, with the exception of the USFS copters.

Currently the IC has moved to Hansen Dam, and night operational period beginning. Helicopters will be flying all night, with the exception of the USFS copters.

UPDATE: 11-15 14:57hrs - 20 30% contaiment. Press conference at High school - 100' - 200' flame lengths last night, 124 homes saved! 540 of 600 homes in mobile home park destroyed.

UPDATE: 11-15 09:57hrs - Virtually all of the 600 homes in the Oakridge Mobile Home Park have been destroyed, and streets signs in the park had been melted by flames when 70 mph winds blew through the area.

Evacuation centers: San Fernando Senior High School, 11133 O'Melveny Ave., Chatsworth High School, 10027 Lurline Ave., and at Kennedy High School, 11254 Gothic Ave. The evacuation center at Sylmar High School is full.

Animal evacuations: Large animals can be taken to Hansen Dam; smaller animals can be taken to the Mission area, or to Sylmar High or San Fernando High football fields.

UPDATE: 11-15 12:07hrs - 6500+ acres

UPDATE: 11-15 07:57hrs - Humidity is currently 8% - Fire has spotted over I-5 burning on both sides and west into Sesnon burn. 65 structures destroyed, 100+ structures damaged. Reports of 2 firefighter injuries at this time.
Conserve Power - City officials are urging Los Angeles residents to conserve power today after they took the rare step of deactivating some transmission lines in the Sylmar fire zone out of fear that winds could blow them down and cause more blazes. The Department of Water and Power said transmission lines along the Interstate 5 corridor north of Sylmar were taken out of service this morning. These lines are considered a major source of imported power to Los Angeles from power plants outside California.

UPDATE: 11-15 07:57hrs - 2600 acres, winds up to 70 mph, 600+firefighters, 200 LAPD officers, dozens of homes burned, 5000 people evacuated, 1 injury was reported — a 40-year-old man who suffered serious burns
evacuation centers: Kennedy, San Fernando, Sylmar and Chatsworth High Schools
fire threatening power transmission lines feeding the city (along the I-5 corridor), temps expected to be 100+ today

UPDATE: 11-15 0430hrs -There are currently 882 personnel assigned to this fire per the 209

UPDATE: 11-15 01:57hrs - Air recon just reported 1000 acres spreading west impacting Olive View Medical Center.

UPDATE: 11:57hrs -Wind driven fire, 100+ acres, 50 mph winds, Evacuation Center at Sylmar High. No injuries Reported.

New start: 22:48 Large Brush Fire
Location: 13000 W Sayre St. Los Angeles, Ca; Hubbard Road and El Cariso Park, Sylmar, near the intersection of the 210 and 118 Freeways.
MAP 482 D1; FS 91;
Initial Sizeup: 10:29 - First in LACO reports 25-30 acres, Large Fire visible from a distance. Rapid ROS.
Current sizeup: 8000+ acres, numerous structures burning(5) and or threatened, KTLA television showed huge flames topping a ridge in the Angeles National Forest on the outskirts of Sylmar at about 11 p.m
IC: Sayre IC - LAFD Fire - Deputy Chief Rueda - Setting up Unified command LAFD, LACO, ANF. There are numerous structures threatened and reports of multiple structure fires.
Currently the IC has moved to Hansen Dam, and night operational period beginning. Helicopters will be flying all night, with the exception of the USFS copters.
ICP: El Cariso and Hubbard.
Staging: Hubbard near El Cariso Park
Resources: Dual response from LA City and LA County, request orders for ANF + air resources
Also ANF has 10 engines responding, BC 11,12 ans DV 1., LAFD 5 Strike teams.
LAFD RESOURCES ASSIGNED: Pending - 81 Fire Companies, 15 Rescue Ambulances, 5 Helicopters, 10 Battallion Chief Officer Command Teams
Comms: Ch: LAFD 9,12 - 860.4375 - 857.2375
Fuels/Terrain: Medium/heavy Brush
Fire behavior: Fire is burning with the Santa Anas to the Southwest.
Weather: Winds are N/ NE 20-25mph.
RAWS (Little Tujunga) indicating Hot (78') and Dry (8%) w/ winds NNW @ 8s, 24g
Los Angeles County is under a red flag warning of gusty winds and extreme fire danger until Saturday afternoon. The National Weather Service says winds are gusting up to 60 mph in the Sylmar area.
TFR: Temporary flight restriction 5 mile radius from center of Pacoima Reservoir to 10,000 ft. has been requested.
Injuries: 4 minor Firefighter injuries
Initial Information Sources: http://lafd.org/blog
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