Incident Commander Mike Dietrich gave a briefing at 7:12 a.m. this morning about the Station fire near Los Angeles. Here are some of the key points.
- The fire has burned 144,743 acres and the containment has increased from 28% to 38%.
- Last night a firefighter who had fallen off a 20-foot cliff and had a possible broken femur had to be hoisted by a helicopter out of the fire area.
- Mt. Wilson is still looking good and they expect positive results there. A low intensity fire is burning around the structures and is being managed by firefighters.
- The two highest priorities are the southeast side above Arcadia and Sierra Madre and the west side near Pacoima.
- Today they expect the fire to be very active on the west side and also on the east side in the San Gabriel Wilderness.
- To date, helicopters have dropped 1,700,000 gallons of water and 18,000 gallons of fire retardant.
- Air tankers have dropped 670,000 gallons of retardant.
- Aircraft assigned to the fire today will include 20 helicopters and 8 air tankers, not including the Very Large Air Tankers such as the DC-10, 747, and the Martin Mars.
