From rimoftheworld.net ...
Firefighters have begun evacuating 27 patients from Mountains Community Hospital in Lake Arrowhead. The fire is reportedly an imminent threat to Pali Mountain Camp. Fire officals are now concerned that the Slide Fire will make a run toward Lake Arrowhead and Cedar Glen this afternoon, according to reports.
I heard on KFI (radio) from their helicopter in Lake Arrowhead that the Slide fire (the Running Springs one) is the real danger right now. The Grass fire (Blue Jay/Twin Peaks) was successfully slowed down because of all the attention that it received from planes and helicopters yesterday (they hit the area it was trying to spread to, effectively slowing it down). I don't believe it is contained, just slowed. The KFI guy also said (contrary to my earlier post) that the slide fire is still around 10 miles from Lake Arrowhead. He additionally said that smoke is becoming a real problem for the aircraft fighting the fires so that they might not be able to continue on. Also, the radio hosts said the winds were slowing down a bit, so that might help some.
More later,
Neal
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