The Bridge fire burning in the Angeles National Forest north of La Verne since the weekend was at 3,786 charred acres by Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 10, and was still zero percent contained.
Firefighters watch as fire rips through heavy brush on day two of the Airport Fire in Orange County on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024.
As of Tuesday, the evacuation orders remained in place for Mt. Baldy Village as well as Camp Williams and the area near it. A new evacuation order was issued for Wrightwood, as well. The fast-moving Airport fire, which broke out in Trabuco Canyon near Rancho Santa Margarita on Monday, Sept. 9, swelled to more than 10,000 acres by Tuesday afternoon, fire officials said.Early Tuesday, the blaze was burning toward the north and the east in the direction of the Ortega Highway and Riverside County and away from Rancho Santa Margarita, Capt. Paul Holaday of the Orange County Fire Authority said.
“The cause of the fire was a spark from heavy equipment,” McGovern said on Monday. “After placing a load of boulders, the operators began seeing smoke coming from the area of the loader’s basket.” Ground and air crews were focusing on that area, Pascua said. Officials had said at a news briefing Monday night that winds from the southwest were expected to push the flames through steep terrain and dry brush to the northeast toward Big Bear in the next 36 hours.
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