Crews continue to fight the Line Fire, which has burned 26,516 acres of the San Bernardino National Forest and sits at 5% contained as of Tuesday morning.
The wildfire has threatened over 65,000 structures since it first began on Sept. 5, with 9,200 of those structures under evacuation orders, Cal Fire officials said.
Crews report the fire’s greatest intensity is on its north and east sides, heading away from the highly populated area of San Bernardino, Highland, and Redlands. Strong winds and overall very dry conditions will likely increase fire spread into Tuesday night, with cooler weather into the end of the week moderating fire activity.
Evacuation orders were in place for numerous areas around the fire on Tuesday, including:
- Communities of Running Springs and Arrowbear Lake
- The community of Forrest Falls
- The community of Mountain Home Village
- The communities of Angelus Oaks, Seven Oaks and all campgrounds and cabins in the area
- From Calle Del Rio east to Hwy 38 and from Greenspot Road north to the foothills
- The area east of Orchard Road to Cloverhill Drive from Highland Ave north to the foothills
- All undeveloped land east of Hwy 330 to Summertrail Place and north of Highland Avenue
- The areas north and east of Highland Avenue and Palm Avenue
Numerous other areas were put under evacuation warnings. Click here for the most up-to-date evacuations.
The California National Guard, under order of Governor Gavin Newsom, has deployed the following resources to the fire, according to Cal Fire:
- Four UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters for water bucket dropping operations
- Two C-130 aircraft with Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS)
- Four 20-person hand crews (80 soldiers). They report to Camp Roberts today for equipment distribution and will be assigned to the Line Fire on Thursday in support of CAL FIRE.
- One military police company to support the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department with traffic control points in evacuated areas.
