Houses lost in Running Springs, Green Valley Lake
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The Slide fire has burned through 4,000 acres in the Lake Arrowhead area and is spreading rapidly, driven by northeast wind gusts of up to 45 mph, said Richard Thornburgh, a spokesman for the U.S. Forest Service.
By Monday night, 25 homes had been reported lost at Green Valley Lake, and overnight about 100 homes were destroyed in Running Springs, he said.
Last night law enforcement and fire crews had to leave the Green Valley area and have not been able to get back in because of fire and smoke, Thornburgh said.
“So we don’t really have an accurate status on how many homes we’ve lost in Green Valley Lake,” he said. “We just know it was 25 as of yesterday, and probably more than that now.”
The fire crossed Highway 18 on the west end of Running Springs and also Highway 330 by Fedalba and Smiley Park, Thornburgh said.
He said the fire is still not contained.
“Crews are doing active structure protection in Fedalba and Smiley Park and it’s very critical that residents evacuate,” he said. There are no reports of injuries, he said.
The Grass Valley fire has burned through at least 400 acres in north Lake Arrowhead, with about 113 homes destroyed as of yesterday, Thornburgh said.
“The fire did not move overnight -- no more structures were lost -- but crews were working in Fairway and Grandview areas where there’s a lot of unburned pockets around,” he said.
Evacuations are mandatory in north Lake Arrowhead, Twin Peaks and Blue Jay, he said. An order to leave Crestline and all of Lake Gregory and Rim Forest went out Monday night, Thornburgh said. He said the fire is still not contained.
The Martin Ranch fire started about 12:15 a.m. today and has burned through about 200 acres south of Devore, Thornburgh said. The Little League Drive North and Meyers Canyon Road areas have been evacuated, he said.
The Cajon fire is now 50% contained at about 200 acres near Lytle Creek Ridge, Thornburgh said.
-- Tami Abdollah