Los Angeles County, CA- Major Wildfire (Buckweed Fire) 10-21-07

[RescueKujo 130]

Date:10/21/2007

Time:1255 p.m. PDT

Location: Mint Canyon Road\Sierra Highway in the Agua Dulce area of Los Angeles County

Departments: LA County Fire, Multiple Local Government Strike Teams

Description: Urban Interface Wildland Fire burning west into Saugus and Canyon country. Multiple homes burned with 3000 threatened. This is the area directly east of 6 Flags Magic Mountain along Interstate 5. Fire has burned more than 10,000 acres as of 1600 10/21/2007

Links: http://fire.lacounty.gov/default.asp

Writer: RescueKujo

Update 10/22 1200hrs (Eastern)

-Fire involves 25,000 acres