UPDATE 8.28.09 – 1:30PM
La Canada Fire has jumped the highway 2.
over 1500 acres burned
no mandatory evacuations yet, only voluntary, but there are some areas threatened. Only 10% containment.
If you are in the voluntary evacuation area of La Canada go to:
La Canada High School
4463 Oak Grove Drive

Over 700 firefighters are on scene battling the La Canada fire.

– 1:30pm 8.28.09 :I can see a water dropping helicopter heading to the scene of the La Canada Fire now.

The Station Fire above La Canada Flintridge in Angeles Forest has grown to 300 acres & has been downgraded to only 10% contained.

The smoke can be seen from miles away.

It looks like the winds are starting to pickup.

Here’s a video shot from a nearby resevoir where helicopters are picking up water for their drops.

L.A. Firefighters getting water from the Haines Canyon Flood Control Basin here in Tujunga, CA. They were fighting a brush fire just east of us above La Canada-Flintridge. This is just up the street from my home at a trailhead to Angeles National Forest. A neighbor and I walked up to see them do their thing. Very exciting!!

Meanwhile the fire in Azusa continues to burn, with limited containment.

The Morris Fire is the Azusa Fire, Azusa California: VIDEO