UPDATE: (12/7/17 8:27 a.m.) Los Angeles County Fire says the Creek Fire is now 10 percent contained.
Morning #UPDATE for the #CreekFire Containment 10% Acreage 12,605 @Angeles_NF @CAL_FIRE @lafd @LASDHQ @LAPDHQ @LACo_FD pic.twitter.com/WMivuDOXR7
— LACounty Fire PIO (@LACoFDPIO) December 7, 2017
UPDATE: (12/7/17 6:28 a.m.) Los Angeles County Fire says the Creek Fire has now burned 12,605 acres and is 5 percent contained.
#CreekFire Update: Acreage 12,605 Incident Information below @LAFD @LAPDHQ @LASDHQ @R5_Fire_News @CAL_FIRE pic.twitter.com/7vlPkiIcvx
— LACounty Fire PIO (@LACoFDPIO) December 7, 2017
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UPDATE 4:30 p.m: Burning 11,377 acres and is now 5% contained. All San Fernando Valley school will be closed Thursday and Friday. 210 is now back open in both directions. Families are not allowed to return back to their homes tonight.
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UPDATE (12/6/17): Burning 11,377 acres and is 0% contained. 30 structures have been lost and 3 firefighters injured.
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Firefighters are battling a brush fire in Kagel Canyon near Sylmar and Lake View Terrace that has forced more than 150,000 people to evacuate.
Los Angeles County Fire Department officials confirmed the blaze, the Creek Fire, broke out around 3:42 Tuesday morning and has burned at least 11,000 acres and has no containment.
The city of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County have declared a state of emergency.
There are about 800 firefighters battling the blaze. Two firefighters have been injured and they are being treated, officials said.
More than 30 structures have burned so far.
No lives have been lost in the fire but officials urge residents to take evacuations seriously.
Roughly 150,000 residents are asked to evacuate to Sylmar Recreation Center.
Officials said the Creek Fire is already bigger than the La Tuna Fire in September after just 12 hours. Fire crews expect it to get much bigger, and they will be there all week fighting it.
UPDATE: #CreekFire 11,000 Acres MANDATORY EVACUATIONS. Easterly Border to Haynes Canyon. Also Area South of 210 freeway between Sunland to the South, Wentworth to North & Wheatland to West.@LAFD @LASDHQ @LAPDHQ @Angeles_NF pic.twitter.com/yFKArjtSxW
— LACounty Fire PIO (@LACoFDPIO) December 5, 2017
SIGALERT UPDATE: OSBORNE ST. OFR AND PAXTON ST. OFR FROM W/B I-210 AND SUNLAND BL. OFR FROM E/B I-210 WILL BE CLOSED DUE TO A BRUSH FIRE FOR AN UNKNOWN DURATION.
— CHP PIO - LA County (@CHPsouthern) December 5, 2017
#LAPD Mandatory Evacuations in effect for next 24 hours, Glenoaks @210fwy along the fwy to the south of Foothill Blvd, all communities north of 210 fwy.
— LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ) December 5, 2017
12 noon 12.5.17 Evac Centers:
Pacoima: Sunland Senior Center 13306 Brandford Street. Pacoima, CA 91331
Sylmar: Sylmar Recreational Park 13109 Borden Ave Sylmar, CA 91342
Santa Clarita: 20880 Center Pointe Parkway, Sycamore Room A, Santa Clarita, CA 91350 #CreekFire #RyeFire pic.twitter.com/RptIcEkXl9— Red Cross LosAngeles (@RedCrossLA) December 5, 2017
