UPDATED at 4:40 p.m. PT, Sept. 1
We replaced the satellite map with an updated one.
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This map of the Station fire shows heat detected by satellites at 3:45 a.m. 1:05 p.m. PT Sept. 1. The red areas contain heat that was detected within the previous 12 hours. The yellow area is the latest fire perimeter provided by the incident management team working on the fire; it is an estimate.
The map below is more user-friendly and can be zoomed in and out or panned. Made by the good folks at NorthTree Fire, it uses the latest fire perimeter described above, but is not quite as current as the satellite map.
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The incident management team estimates the size of the Station fire to be 121,762 acres with 5% containment. Moderate weather and higher humidities Monday night resulted in decreased fire activity. On Tuesday the winds will shift from out of the northeast to the southwest in the afternoon and increase to 30 mph on the ridgetops later in the day. We can expect to see increased fire activity on the northeast side again in the afternoon as these winds appear. However the temperatures will be slightly lower and the humidity higher as an onshore flow affects the fire.
There is a possibility of thunderstorms in the area today which could produce locally strong winds, causing the fire to spread erratically in unpredictable directions. The storm could also bring dry lightning, which is something the firefighters don’t need right now.
Fire crews conducted a number of successful burnout operations on the west side on Monday, including the Glendale, Tujunga, and the Santa Clara ridge areas. They will continue to secure those areas today.
At Mt. Wilson, which has extensive communications facilities and fire on two sides, fire crews had to pull out of the area, since the only road to the peak is surrounded by fire, compromising the firefighters’ escape route.
In the photo above, fire personnel examine the scene of the accident that killed two Los Angeles County Fire Department firefighters, Tedmund Hall, 47, and Arnaldo Quinones, 34. Photo by Al Seib, August 31, 2009.
