brush fire mt baldy

[Kid A]

just heard a brush fire started around mt baldy. wowm not sure how much rain moisture they got yesterday but appears still dry enough to ignite/burn. hope heat later this week does cause more of this cr@p. anyone know how it started and are winds supposed to accompany heat with this spell??

[BFloFoxRider.]

No fire visible if there is, But its a Beautiful Morning on the mountain indeed

http://www.shopbaldy.com/webcam.lasso

[BFloFoxRider.]

Edit: there is a fire...
I heard the firetrucks when i got out of the shower at 5 and a buddy that lives around there just called and said there is a fire in the mounta baldy village. no more details yet. Nothing found on google yet. ill try to get more info

[Blueman]

I saw it on the news. It's above the village. No word on the cause. It was too overcast to tell where it was from the freeway but I could see smoke. I hope they get it out quickly; the conditions are still and a little cloudy, which should help.

[Blueman]

I just found this update 7:38AM
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?se...39216#bodyText

[BFloFoxRider.]

dude thats ghey
Baldy cant burn down i like Baldy. Its like a miniature wannabe Big Bear Minus the lake. Its nice up there, like a Vacationa way from home even just going to dinner there.
Although it did say no threat to baldy village..
yet

[Sharky]

http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_current
I live in the Foothills below Baldy and have been watching the constant flow of helicopters fly over my house down to the Colonies at the 210/Campus to fill their buckets in the community lake there. See plenty of smoke and some ashes here. I have to assume CWP is closed? Maybe a thread to update closures would be helpful since there's talk of several areas to be closed to fire danger? Let's hope for the best hate seeing the loss of wildlife there are even small groups of bighorn still left above here.

The Wilson cam shows the smoke a bit.
http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~obs/towercam.htm

[BoingBoing]

Claremont Hills Wilderness Park was closed this morning around 8:30am At that time, I could see a fire from Mt Baldy Road just east of where it enters National Forrest. The fire seemed small. Now I'm seeing news reports of 35 acres, and Sharky's (excelent) source says 200 acres.

Guess it's still spreading. Sucks with the heat predicted for tomorrow.

I hope everyone is safe and all, but fires in the woods are part of the natural order of things. I forget that when my morning ride gets interfered with.

[Endo Verendo]

Here's the pic of the fire from Mt. Wilson's cam tonight.

[gooseaholic]

On my way out there today, the free way was closed at, I want to say Haliburry ( something like that) rd.It was posted up on one of those freeway digital signs.

[BFloFoxRider.]

as of last night at 9pm 300 acres and 10% containment according to Sharky's link. Good Link by the way.

[BFloFoxRider.]

http://www.pe.com/video/localnews-in...d=245011&shu=1


theres a video of the fire with Good info.
Burning Westerly

Edit: Also, there are two hikers a man and a girl that are stuck north of the fire and called pomona police department since they were confused and did not know which way to go to get back due to the fire.
I dont know how their cell phones worked, i know mine doesnt work up there

[Sharky]

FYI ... I went up that way on my ride yesterday and they're not allowing any bikes past Shinn Rd. (residents only)
I remember somewhere on here was posted about an upcoming ride I live right below Baldy if anyone needs an update I can ask the CHP at the road block if it's concidered safe enough to allow bikers through. Would have been HEAVEN if he let me through with barely any cars yesterday!!

They had a ton of HotShots brought in from Arizona for this one.
HotShots=badass handcrews

[Sharky]

Just asked the CHP at Shinn and Baldy Rd. and it will be closed ALL weekend open only to residents. No bikes.
Looking south off my deck I'm seeing a small bit of smoke to the mountains south of Chino?? Hopefully it's nothing. It's been pretty windy here since early morning.

[surlygal]

It's a fire Here's the small write up:
http://www.beloblog.com/Pe_Blogs/new...near-inte.html

Originally Posted by Sharky

Looking south off my deck I'm seeing a small bit of smoke to the mountains south of Chino?? Hopefully it's nothing. It's been pretty windy here since early morning.

[surlygal]

Just got back from lunch in Yorba Linda...

looks like the smoke in the picture is Chino Hills!

Tons of smoke in the air, (white? doesn't that mean it's out? or at least under control? ) Along the ridgeline on the west side of Chino Hills SP.

[Zippy]

A fire in the Chino Hills/ Carbon Canyon area would be hugely bad; that area hasn't burned in decades. Let's hope the smoke-eaters get it out quick.

[Kid A]

Originally Posted by Zippy

A fire in the Chino Hills/ Carbon Canyon area would be hugely bad; that area hasn't burned in decades. Let's hope the smoke-eaters get it out quick.

huh, could be wrong but i thought chino burned a few years back. seem to recll riding there and seeing alot of moonscape???

[Rockinthecasbah]

northridge is burning from what I could see

[Zippy]

Originally Posted by Kid A

huh, could be wrong but i thought chino burned a few years back. seem to recll riding there and seeing alot of moonscape???

Yes, on Southrige side. Northridge and Carbon Canyon still have a HEAVY fuel load.