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[heynow]

Mint Canyon is on fire right now. Malibu as well.

[heynow]

It burning between Sierra Hwy. and the 14.

[smitty]

Last update from KNX 1070 AM is that Sierra Hwy is Closed between Davenport Rd. and Agua Dulce Cyn. Rd.....That's right on the stretch that contains the church and #5

[smitty]

The fire aparently started to the west of Agua Dulce ( somewhere near the old Davenport house )and has spread to the east and south to Canyon Country. Exacuations expected for Bouquet Cyn.& Vasquez Cyn.

[dyann]

santaclarita.com web-hiway is jammed. I can't log on at this time, but Cal-Fire has a good spot for live info.
http://calfire.blogspot.com
Fire name: Buckweed Fire - CA-LAC-Buckweed Fire
Location: 34289 Rocking Horse Road in Agua Dulce. Current size: 25,000+ acres with Evacuations: MANDATORY evacuations of upper Bouquet Canyon and Vasquez Canyon as well as the San Francisquito Canyon and Copperhill areas, up to Spunky CanyonNotes:

CHECK SANTA CLARITA FIRE UPDATES - A total of 25 structures have been lost at this time due to the fire;
A total of more than 25,000 acres have burned thus far;
3800 structures threatened, Historic structures may have also burned.

[dyann]

Sizeup: 1000+ acres with structures burning...
3800 structures threatened, Historic structures may have also burned.
Resources: Los Angeles County Fire, L.A. County Sheriff and the City of Santa Clarita are responding to the emergency with personnel and equipment.

Narratives: This fire is the Buckweed Fire and per South Ops is 10000 acres.

Santa Clarita website calling it the Buckweed fire: Mandatory evacuations are listed below.

http://www.santa-clarita.com/news/fire.asp

October 21st - 5:45 p.m Update

Buckweed Fire Update:

October 22, 2007 - UPDATE 9:45am

Mandatory Evacuation: Bouquet Canyon Rd. to Pitchess North of Copper Hill.

An emergency phone number has been created by the City for information updates regarding the Buckweed Incident. If you know of residents who may not be able to access this web site, please direct to call (661) 295-6366.

October 22, 2007 - UPDATE 9:30am

Mandatory Evacuation: North of Copper Hill from Decoro Dr. to Bouquet Canyon/David Way.

October 22, 2007 - UPDATE 10:54am

Road Closure: Copper Hill east of Haskell Canyon

At this time the fire is moving towards the Tesoro del Valle development off San Fransquito Canyon, and the San Fransquito Canyon area, north of Copper Hill. Residents in these areas are urged to prepare for a probable evacuation.


BUCKWEED INCIDENT - NEW INFO

680 Firefighters on scene
10 Assisting agencies
25,000 Acres
10% Containment
25 Structures Destroyed
4 Injuries (1 Fire Fighter - Minor, 3 Civilian - 1 Severe, 2 minor)
3,800 Homes threatened
Residents urged to limit their travel within the city to a minimum, allowing for movement of emergency vehicles
October 22, 2007 - UPDATE 8:35am
A total of 25 structures have been lost at this time due to the fire;
A total of more than 125,000 Acres have burned thus far;
MANDATORY evacuations of upper Bouquet Canyon and Vasquez Canyon have been announced as well as the San Francisquito Canyon and Copperhill areas, up to Spunky Canyon.
A total of 3,800 residences are threatened as a result of the fire and further evacuations may be announced this evening;
Animal evacuations are being coordinated by the L.A. County Sheriff and Animal Control.
Only residents are being allowed into the evacuation areas;
Both the Saugus Union School District and the Castaic School District have announced that there will be no school tomorrow, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007.


The following road closures are in affect:
Sierra Highway and David Way
Bouquet Canyon and David Way
Bouquet and Vasquez Canyon
Aqua Dulce and Sierra Highway
Sierra Highway and Vasquez Canyon
Whites Canyon and Steinway

October 21st - 5:20 p.m.
Whites Canyon Road and Steinway Street are closed to through traffic due to the approaching fire from the north.

October 21st - 4:30 p.m.
The Buckweed Fire in Agua Dulce is currently burning out of control, with 2,000 acres burned thus far. The fire has actually split and the two fires are burning on Sierra Highway.
This fire has resulted in the following road closures:

Sierra Highway is closed in both directions at Davenport Road.
Bouquet Canyon is closed at both Plum Canyon and Copperhill Road.
Lombardi Ranch has been evacuated as has Lily of the Valley Mobile Home Park.
At this time, an evacuation center is being set up at Saugus High School. The fire does appear to be moving toward the City of Santa Clarita. Los Angeles County Fire, L.A. County Sheriff and the City of Santa Clarita are responding to the emergency with personnel and equipment.

[smitty]

My wife just phoned me. On Ch.5 KTLA they aparently interviewed someone from the "Holy Alamo Church" who said the church was lost to the fire. (This is unconfirmed at this time)

[heynow]

Smitty, Amazing news if confirmed. Even though (like everyone else on the board) I totally disagree with tony A. and his current lifestyle, I think the building should live on. There were a lot of great memories there. Many folks on the board got saved at 13136. However, unless there is an absolute confirmation, I will take a cruise that way and see what happened.

Also, I remember back in 1970 the fire was coming over the hill. We all prayed and the wind shifted (13136 was spared). There were still little fires on the hill and burning embers. We stayed up all night snuffing all the embers on the hill with shovels.

[smitty]

I also hope the old church and #7 are spared. After all, Tony never lived there,Brothers and Sisters did (and still do). T.A isn't the one who will suffer.

In addition to losing the property, just imagine the phone messages to "you people" blaming them for the fire because they were not faithful to Tony's warped idea of godliness

[dyann]

Oh Smitty!
I pray you're right.
Please update your post soon

http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/angeles

FOR RELEASE UPON RECEIPT


Contact: Kathy Peterson

(626) 574-5208


Buckweed Fire Destroys Forest Service District Office in Saugus, CA


ARCADIA, Calif. - Forest Service officials announced today that the Santa Clara/Mojave Rivers Ranger District Office was destroyed by the Buckweed Fire on Sunday, October 21, 2007 at approximately 4:30 p.m. All buildings, vehicles, and equipment stored onsite were destroyed in the fire. The office was located in the Angeles National Forest, at 30800 Bouquet Canyon Road, Saugus, CA.

Approximately 20 employees worked at the office, and will need to be temporarily relocated. "Our long-term solution will be to relocate the employees in a new office at the Acton property," said Forest Supervisor Jody Noiron. "But the important thing right now is to reestablish district operations. We've started the process to locate suitable, adequate office space, which is conveniently located to serve the public."

Questions regarding the District relocation can be referred to the Forest Supervisor's Office at (626) 574-5200.

For current information about the Buckweed Fire and the Ranch Fire, contact the Angeles National Forest Fire Information Center at 626-821-6700.

[dyann]

Um, why don't I remember that "heynow" dude from 1970?

[dyann]

I just called that SO number for public affairs (yeah right) and the deputy answering the phone could not confirm nor deny the structure at 13136 Sierra Hwy as burned down or still standing...

http://inciweb.org/incident/1002/

[dyann]

The link below is for CHP CAD.
It's live/real time and self-refreshes.
You might get some current chatter there.

http://cad.chp.ca.gov/default.asp

[heynow]

I arrived at the foundation 8/2/70

[wild_dream]

how is your porche running?

[heynow]

Porsche runs great

[wilma]

I heard that everyone there at 13136 is safe and that the building is safe also. I'm glad no one we know was hurt.
I'm praying they get all those fires out soon. So many people are losing their homes and treasured memories and are devastated by these fires. Pray for the safety of all those firefighters too.
SG

[modesto]

I remember that big fire where we were putting out little flare ups back it 70.Powerful experience.