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The Station Fire was the largest wildfire of the 2009 California wildfire season, as well as the largest wildfire in the history of Los Angeles County.It burned in the Angeles National Forest, igniting on August 26, 2009, near the U.S. Forest Service Angeles Station 11 ranger station on the Angeles Crest Highway, [3] [4] and burned through October 16.
Larocque had set various capacities for the Station in the years before the fire based on whether pool tables and other items could be moved. [48] The capacity for the Station was either 258 or 404, depending on how the building was being used. [2] The final tally by The Providence Journal of people inside the Station during the fire totaled ...
Jun. 28—The largest wildfire in New Mexico's history, which at times felt never-ending, is now nearing its finale. Heavy rains over the weekend from an early monsoon helped crews to quell the ...
The California Historical Landmark Marker NO. 717 at San Gabriel Mountain, Clear Creek vista point, State Hwy 2, 8.3 mi N of I-210, La Canada reads: [29] NO. 717 THE ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST - The first national forest in the State of California and second in the United States, Angeles National Forest was created by proclamation of President ...
Martina Gonzales and her grandson watched from their front yard as aircraft disappeared into a giant plume of smoke to fight a growing wildfire that has burned hundreds of square miles, destroyed ...
The 2009 California wildfires were a series of 9,159 wildfires that were active in the US state of California, during the year 2009. [2] [4] The fires burned more than 422,147 acres (660 sq mi; 1,708 km 2) of land from early February through late November, [1] due to Red Flag conditions, destroying hundreds of structures, injuring 134 people, and killing four.
The South Fork Fire was discovered at around 9 a.m. Monday on the Mescalero Reservation west of the village of more than 7,000, and by 11:30 p.m. it had grown to an estimated 5,252 acres, th e New ...