Tens of thousands of L.A. residents who fled the Saddleridge fire returned home this weekend as Santa Ana winds died down and cool ocean breezes helped firefighters boost containment.
Tens of thousands of Los Angeles residents who evacuated from the path of the Saddleridge fire returned home late Saturday and early Sunday, days after the wind-driven blaze tore through the hills at the northern edge of the San Fernando Valley.
Albert Torres, a captain and 40-year employee with the city’s Department of Recreation and Parks, was patrolling San Fernando Valley parks affected by the fire Friday when he collapsed, according toCouncilman Mitch O’Farrell knew Torres for 17 years. A more detailed damage assessment will be conducted when containment on the Saddleridge fire increases, Prange said.said they saw
Several other fires continued to burn in remote, rugged areas of California, far from major population centers.In the central Sierra, a prescribed burn in the Eldorado National Forest that began Sept. 30 has been declared a wildfire, the U.S. Forest Service said. The Caples fire is 35% contained and has burned 2,885 acres, driven by winds that changed direction and increased the fire’s size.
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