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The fire moved west from Sylmar and threatened the luxury planned community of Knollwood in Granada Hills. On November 15, 2008, at 8:00 a.m. PDT, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa declared a state of emergency in the city, and Governor Schwarzenegger issued a state of emergency declaration later in the morning. [ 11 ]
Granada Hills North Neighborhood Council — Representing the area bounded by Los Angeles County line to the north, Aliso Canyon to the west (west of Zelzah), Interstate 5 and Interstate 405 to the east and California 118 to the south. Formed in fall, 2002.
Evacuation orders were extended by 12:36 a.m., January 8, west to the Sunshine Canyon Landfill and north into the San Gabriel Mountains, including Whitney Canyon Park and southern Newhall; evacuation warnings were also sent out to residents in the Knollwood area of Granada Hills and the area around O'Melveny Park. [18]
The Sunset Fire erupted in the Hollywood Hills above Hollywood Boulevard, near Runyon Canyon, threatening some of the most popular Los Angles tourist hotspots – including the iconic Hollywood sign.
What started as a brush fire in Los Angeles' Hollywood Hills burned more than 40 acres of vegetation and threatened major landmarks as it kicked off a wave of evacuation orders and warnings. The ...
Firefighters work on the Sunset fire on Vista street on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025 in Los Angeles. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times)
During these initial hours, many likened the fire's footprint to that of the destructive Sayre and Sesnon fires in 2008. [7] By that time, the fire was threatening thousands of structures throughout the Sylmar, Porter Ranch and Granada Hills communities as well as forcing the closure of both Interstate 210 and Interstate 5. Mandatory ...
The second-deadliest was the Griffith Park fire of 1933, in which 29 people died, followed by the Oakland-Berkeley hills fire of 1991, with 25 fatalities, and the Tubbs fire in Napa and Sonoma ...