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The fire has destroyed approximately 20 homes in the Mount Baldy area, 13 homes in the Wrightwood area, and six cabins in the wilderness, officials said at a news conference Wednesday.
The east side of the fire is less active but still poses a risk to residents in the Mt. Baldy area, around 47 miles northeast of Los Angeles, so evacuation orders remain in effect.
At 5:30 p.m., mandatory evacuation orders were issued for Mount Baldy Village, extending between the San Antonio Dam and Mount Baldy Resort. By that night the fire had burned 2,995 acres (1,212 ha). Firefighters were concentrated on halting the southward progression of the fire and protecting homes in the East Fork San Gabriel River area. [17]
By Thursday, almost three dozen homes in the Mt. Baldy and Wrightwood areas and six wilderness cabins were scorched, according to Los Angeles County Fire Department Chief Anthony Marrone.
Today, Mt. Baldy Village has its own fire department, [64] church, [65] visitor center [66] and school district. Mt. Baldy School (the abbreviation is the standard usage) has about 105 students. [67] The visitor center is tended by unpaid volunteer rangers. As of 2013, the Forest Service does not have any paid rangers on duty in the area ...
View of Mount Baldy and the San Gabriel Mountains looming over the Los Angeles Basin. Mount Baldy or Mount Baldy Village, formerly Camp Baynham and Camp Baldy, is an unincorporated community in the San Gabriel Mountains located in San Bernardino County and Los Angeles County in Southern California, with the county line running through the community.
Fast-moving wildfires have burned homes and scorched more than 100,000 acres in a matter of days, leaving firefighting resources dangerously thin.
The Bridge, Line and Airport fires have burned about 184 square miles of land in Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino counties, affecting many popular outdoor destinations.