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By City News Service
May 1, 2021
CASTAIC (CNS) - A brush fire in Castaic has burned at least 552 acres and was 75% contained today.
The North Fire was reported about 1:45 p.m. Wednesday in the area of 29330 The Old Road, east of the Golden State (5) Freeway, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
The fire was initially reported to be at about one acre in light to medium fuels, but quickly spread and was reported to be at 50 acres by about 3:20 p.m. Wednesday.
The size was listed at 650 acres late Wednesday, but was downgraded slightly to 640 acres on Thursday morning after infrared mapping, the fire department reported.
By City News Service
May 1, 2021
CASTAIC (CNS) - A brush fire in Castaic has burned at least 552 acres and was 75% contained today.
The North Fire was reported about 1:45 p.m. Wednesday in the area of 29330 The Old Road, east of the Golden State (5) Freeway, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
The fire was initially reported to be at about one acre in light to medium fuels, but quickly spread and was reported to be at 50 acres by about 3:20 p.m. Wednesday.
The size was listed at 650 acres late Wednesday, but was downgraded slightly to 640 acres on Thursday morning after infrared mapping, the fire department reported.
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“Firefighters today are on the line working very hard to improve those containment numbers,” said Sean Ferguson, LACoFD Public Information Officer on Thursday. “However they are battling high temperatures, low relative humidity and at times dusty conditions.”
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Due to accurate infrared mapping flights conducted along the fire’s perimeter, the fire size had been downgraded from an earlier estimate to 640 acres as of Thursday morning, according to Fire officials.
“The day was going normally and then almost instantly, it was chaos,” Smith said. “It first seemed like it was far away, but we soon realized it was very close and travelling at us very quickly. At one point we could see flames on the hills right next to our house.”