Here We Go Again
Well, it is March 31st all over again.
Once again, someone out here finds it funny to start a fire, only this time they decided to do it at the historical Griffith Park, home of the Observatory, the infamous Forest Lawn Cemetary and the LA Zoo. Not to mention that it is not a forest that is hundreds of miles from homes and civilization...the park is in our backyard. Once again, a blaze is set just miles from our apartment, but we are lucky since it is moving in the other direction. However, some people just are not that lucky. Once again, here are some of the photos I took from my balcony followed by an LA Times story posted online just an hour ago.
A suspected arson fire was set in Griffith Park today above the Greek Theatre and spread quickly to the northeastern section of the park, earlier threatening the Los Angeles Zoo and now threatening homes in Los Feliz, officials said.
A mandatory evacuation was ordered for the area north of Dundee Place. A shelter was set up at Marshall High School. At least 2,000 residents were without power in the area, according to a DWP spokesperson.
The Harding and Wilson municipal golf courses, Gene Autry Museum, Griffith Observatory, Griffith Park merry-go round as well as the zoo were evacuated earlier as the blaze grew to a little more than 200 acres of the city's largest park, according to the Los Angeles authorities, including the fire and recreation and parks departments.
By 7 p.m., L.A. Fire Chief Douglas Barry said, the fire was 30% contained.Barry said the terrain was so steep that the bulk of the firefighting was coming from the air. Fire officials said they had not yet decided if they would continue the air drops after sunset, which is typically the cutoff point for air operations.
"We're trying to get it knocked down before dark," Barry said. "We don't expect a lot of wind this evening."
"The dry brush and hot weather is creating difficult conditions for us," Los Angeles Deputy Fire Chief Mario Rueda had said earlier.
Arson investigators were interviewing a 20-year-old man who was hospitalized with severe burns and who they believe set the fire. The man told detectives that he was sitting in the hills above the Roosevelt golf course when he accidentally touched off the blaze, sources close to the investigation told The Times. Sources said they believe the fire was started with matches.
The man was transferred this evening from Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital to the Grossman Burn Center in Sherman Oaks, said Sarah Faden, spokeswoman for the Los Angels Police Department. He has not been booked or arrested.
Once again, someone out here finds it funny to start a fire, only this time they decided to do it at the historical Griffith Park, home of the Observatory, the infamous Forest Lawn Cemetary and the LA Zoo. Not to mention that it is not a forest that is hundreds of miles from homes and civilization...the park is in our backyard. Once again, a blaze is set just miles from our apartment, but we are lucky since it is moving in the other direction. However, some people just are not that lucky. Once again, here are some of the photos I took from my balcony followed by an LA Times story posted online just an hour ago.
A suspected arson fire was set in Griffith Park today above the Greek Theatre and spread quickly to the northeastern section of the park, earlier threatening the Los Angeles Zoo and now threatening homes in Los Feliz, officials said.
A mandatory evacuation was ordered for the area north of Dundee Place. A shelter was set up at Marshall High School. At least 2,000 residents were without power in the area, according to a DWP spokesperson.
The Harding and Wilson municipal golf courses, Gene Autry Museum, Griffith Observatory, Griffith Park merry-go round as well as the zoo were evacuated earlier as the blaze grew to a little more than 200 acres of the city's largest park, according to the Los Angeles authorities, including the fire and recreation and parks departments.
By 7 p.m., L.A. Fire Chief Douglas Barry said, the fire was 30% contained.Barry said the terrain was so steep that the bulk of the firefighting was coming from the air. Fire officials said they had not yet decided if they would continue the air drops after sunset, which is typically the cutoff point for air operations.
"We're trying to get it knocked down before dark," Barry said. "We don't expect a lot of wind this evening."
"The dry brush and hot weather is creating difficult conditions for us," Los Angeles Deputy Fire Chief Mario Rueda had said earlier.
Arson investigators were interviewing a 20-year-old man who was hospitalized with severe burns and who they believe set the fire. The man told detectives that he was sitting in the hills above the Roosevelt golf course when he accidentally touched off the blaze, sources close to the investigation told The Times. Sources said they believe the fire was started with matches.
The man was transferred this evening from Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital to the Grossman Burn Center in Sherman Oaks, said Sarah Faden, spokeswoman for the Los Angels Police Department. He has not been booked or arrested.
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