Kindle Posted June 20, 2016 Group: Royal Member Followers: 53 Topic Count: 88 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 4,064 Content Per Day: 1.36 Reputation: 3,748 Days Won: 8 Joined: 02/23/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted June 20, 2016 (edited) Updated 29 mins ago AZUSA, Calif. (KABC) -- Two brush fires erupted in the Angeles National Forest, north of Azusa and Duarte, amid record-breaking temperatures Monday. The California Highway Patrol received a call at 10:57 a.m. that a pickup truck went over the embankment on Highway 39 near the Morris Reservoir dam, and that the truck was catching fire. View image on Twitter Follow ABC7 Eyewitness News ✔@ABC7 FIRE UPDATE: Brush fire may have been sparked by vehicle that went off the roadway http://abc7.com/live 2:06 PM - 20 Jun 2016 1818 Retweets 1818 likes Firefighters from the U.S. Forest Service and the Los Angeles County Fire Department were dispatched to the scene. The blaze, dubbed the Reservoir Fire, has now spread to 500 acres. The driver involved in the accident was declared dead, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. A brush fire erupted in the Angeles National Forest above Azusa on Monday, June 20, 2016. A second fire, called the Fish Fire, erupted nearby in the Duarte area about 90 minutes later. That fire has burned approximately 400 acres. Azusa police have ordered evacuations for Mountain Cove, Ranch Road and Crystal Canyon. Smoke from the forest fires was seen by residents across the Southland, including West Covina, Alhambra and Brea. ABC7's Phillip Palmer said he could see the fires from Industry Hills. Edited June 20, 2016 by worthy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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