Sayre Brush Fire

The fire chief broke down in tears when talking about the people who lost their mobile homes. People were awaken in the middle of the night and were not able to take anything with them. They lost everything but thankfully they are alive.

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Hey! I'm Fourbyfourblazer's sister. I'm in north hills. I was watching the news today and saw some of the power lines bursting around..... 9:00 am I think. When they burst, our lights were flickering. We have had no blackouts here yet. But a friend of mine in Northridge has experienced blackouts, with power coming back on just recently around 10:30 or 11:00 am. There is alot of smoke and ash in the northridge area. Stay inside and close your windows to avoid breathing all that in!

Even from a distance of five miles, it was clear that this fire was monsterous; flamewalls hundreds of feet tall. Firefighters once again earned their pay by risking their lives to save our homes.

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This was shot from my backyard in Tujunga California. The smoke is coming from the same place we had smoke and fire in the Lakeview fire a few weeks ago. This was taken 11-15-08 at 1:20 pm.

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View of the Corona Fire from the 241 Toll Road going North. Since I took this photo, the news seems to be reporting that this fire has joined with the nearby Yorba Linda fire. There are still some pretty strong wind gusts blowing southwest.

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The wind was so strong early Saturday morning that the 55 gallon metal trash cans at El Cariso County Park were being blown across the park and large branches were also breaking off of trees.

The Sylmar fire is now 10 percent contained and has burned about 6,500 acres, said Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at a Saturday afternoon news conference. He added that 500 trailer homes in the Oakridge Mobile Home Park have been destroyed.

In addition, at least 165 houses have burned down in the blaze known as the Sayre fire, which is moving from Sylmar into Granada Hills, in the northern San Fernando Valley.

www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Large-Brush-Fire-Breaks-out-in-Sylmar.html

I live in Brea, CA right next to Brea Canyon and I'm SURROUNDED by ash and smoke!

For more images see:
http://www.phototacular.com/index.php/personalized/brea_fire/

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Thanks for getting this up so quickly.

From the LAist:

Thanks. I was out there at around midnight and I got home at about 5:30am. Getting ready to head back out.

Update: microbloggers are reporting rolling blackouts as power generators are affected by the fire. (See link above)

Update: Governor Schwarzenegger has declared astate of emergency in Los Angeles County:

I came over Sepulveda pass last night from a CD release party and traffic had slowed to a crawl due to cars checking out the fire in the distance, which at the time I didn't know was in Sylmar until I checked Twitter.

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LA Fires Sikorsky 742 over the Sayre Fire coming in over the reservoir to load up on more water.            

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Thanks for the update- it's a family affair, I guess! Stay safe.

Good report - what a sad situation.

That is so sad. I can't even imagine what it would be like to lose everything in a matter of minutes.

The fire is threatening the power supply for Los Angeles.

This was the view earlier in the morning. As of right now we're evacuated and there's a very good chance we no longer have a home.

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The view from my back door looking north toward Oat Mountain and the Sunshine Canyon landfill. You may be able to see how strong the winds were from the trees. It was howling all night, and the water dropping aircraft were grounded for some time today. This fire moved VERY quickly, crossing several freeways in 3 directions!

Lots of ash fall and that HORRIBLE burning smell all day. No flames visible at my house this time, but we still packed up in case we needed to evac.

This is so similar to what we saw just one month ago during the Porter Ranch fire! I thought we couldn't have another fire so soon, as there was no fuel, but those high winds really played havoc!

Many people I spoke to today were voicing concern that this is arson, as the last fire was exactly one month before.

For a few more shots, see my flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcgrote/

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