Summit fire’s progress stalls at 2,690 acres amid SoCal heat wave, looming monsoon conditions
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A wildfire remained burning near the Los Angeles-San Bernardino County line on Sunday, but its growth seemed to have stabilized two days after it ignited and raced across nearly 2,700 acres.
The Summit fire broke out shortly before 1 p.m. Friday in Llano near Jesus Canyon Road and East Avenue Z, L.A. County Fire Department spokesperson Kaitlyn Aldana told The Times.
Officials ordered residents to evacuate parts of the Antelope Valley, but those orders were downgraded to warnings on Sunday for the area between Fort Tejon Road and 233rd Street East to Bonyard Canyon.
By 8 a.m. Sunday, the fire’s growth had stalled at 2,690 acres and was 15% contained, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. But with conditions still hot, dry and windy, the fire could spread at any time, Cal Fire officials warned.
No one has been killed or injured by the fire, Aldana said. One structure has been destroyed, and another was damaged, according to Cal Fire officials.
An evacuation shelter was set up at the Antelope Valley Family YMCA, 43001 10th St. West in Lancaster. An evacuation center for animals and livestock can be found at the L.A. County Animal Care Center at 38550 Sierra Highway in Palmdale.
The fire is burning as approaching monsoonal moisture will bring a 10% to 20% chance of lightning in Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, primarily in mountain areas, starting Sunday and lasting through Thursday, said Spencer Fielding, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard. This could raise wildfire risk, as dry lightning and gusty outflow winds are typically associated with these storm systems.
In Lucerne Valley, multiple homes and outbuildings were ablaze after another brush fire quickly spread, fire officials said.
Firefighters with the San Bernardino County Fire Protection District were called about the Allen fire just before noon, said Capt. Eric Sherwin, and southern winds quickly moved the flames toward nearby homes.
“We do have structures that are involved,” Sherwin said.
The initial call described a quarter-acre fire near Sunset Road and Allen Way, Sherwin said.
Power lines came down in the area because of the flames, he said, and one of the homes that was burning appeared to have ammunition inside.
Sherwin said firefighters could hear ammunition discharging in the distance as they continued to fight the flames.
In an update on X, San Bernardino County fire officials said the Allen fire was contained after spreading across 15 acres.
Times staff writers Alex Wigglesworth and Clara Harter contributed to this report.
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