313 homes lost in Running Springs, Lake Arrowhead area

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Lake Arrowhead:

As of this morning, more than 1,000 acres had burned in the Grass Valley area near Lake Arrowhead, said Tom Kempton, spokesman for the California Interagency Management Team, a coalition of state and local fire agencies. So far, 113 homes have burned, and damage assessment teams are roaming through the area, tallying structural damage.

“The decrease in wind expected today will allow us to start containing the fires,” Kempton said. The forecast is looking favorable, and that would coincide with additional resources expected today, he said.

There are more than 560 firefighters on the scene and 150 more expected later today, he said.

In the Slide fire around Running Springs, more than 200 homes and three other structures have been destroyed, authorities said. Ten of the homes were lost overnight. Some 5,119 acres have burned.

-- Francisco Vara-Orta