Firefighters continued to battle large wildfires raging in multiple spots across the region Monday while new fires emerged as Southern California reached the end of a lengthy heat wave.
Firefighters battle the Airport Fire along Trabuco Creek Road in Trabuco Canyon, CA, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024.
The terrain has been described by firefighters as steep and “treacherous” with no access and massive amounts of fuel to burn. A woman takes horses to safety past a police barricade on Traduce Canyon Road in Trabuco Canyon, CA on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. Firefighters were battling the Airport Fire. Sherry Fankhauser chats with a firefighter as smoke from the Airport Fire rises behind Meander Lane in Trabuco Canyon, CA, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024.
Firefighters battle the Airport Fire along Trabuco Creek Road in Trabuco Canyon, CA, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. Firefighters battle the Airport Fire along Trabuco Creek Road in Trabuco Canyon, CA, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. Jake Spillane, left, his father, Jim Spillane, center, and mother, Lori Spillane, sit in their garage with suitcases, ready to evacuate, as they watch smoke from the Airport Fire rise behind Meander Lane in Trabuco Canyon, CA, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024.
Firefighters battle the Airport Fire along Trabuco Creek Road in Trabuco Canyon, CA, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. Engine strike teams, hand crews, bulldozers, helicopters, and fixed-wing aircraft were assigned to the fire, including the OCFA’s new Firehawk helicopters.In the San Gabriel Valley, the Bridge fire has been burning since Sunday afternoon and so far has consumed 1,255 acres and it also has zero containment.
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