Authorities in Los Angeles County have shut down trails in the Santa Monica Mountains after a woman died while hiking during the record-setting heatwave.
The weather service issued its highest fire alert — a red flag warning — for the mountains of Los Angeles and Ventura counties beginning at 6 p.m. Low humidity, gusty winds and hot temperatures would increase the threat of “extreme fire behavior,” the service said.The warnings were issued as firefighters continued to fight massive blazes across the state. In the Sierra National Forest,after a fire that began the day before jumped a river and trapped them in their campground.
Alvaro Rodarte, who was staying at the Mammoth Pool campground with friends and family, said that they were planning on boating when they saw smoke in the distance on Saturday morning. By the time they returned to their camp site to pack up their gear, flames had spread to within a couple of hundred feet of Mammoth Pool, he said.
They loaded up their cars and tried to escape but were turned back because it was too dangerous to drive, he said. The group remained in a lake for roughly five hours until a helicopter arrived and evacuated him and others to Fresno, he said.Dozens of evacuees are evacuated to safety on a Cal Guard Chinook last night after the Creek Fire in central California left them stranded. Photo courtesy California National Guard.
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