- Title: Line Fire continues to burn during Southern California heatwave
- Date: 9th September 2024
- Summary: SAN BERNADINO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 9, 2024) (Reuters) VARIOUS OF SMOKE IN HILLS FIRE TRACK VARIOUS HELICOPTER SMOKING TREES BEAUMONT, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 9, 2024) (Reuters) VARIOUS PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER ARNOLD MENJIVAR PUTTING UP FIRE MAP (SOUNDBITE) (English) PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, REDONDO BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT, ARNOLD MENJIVAR, SAYING: "The terrain is very difficult to raze, some inaccessible areas for the crews to reach to be able to fight this fire aggressively and safely. The weather, we've had a significant weather now for the last three days, into the fourth day, reaching triple digits. Saturday and Sunday we had thunderstorms form over the fire itself and even though we did have some rainfall over the fire, it creates erratic winds, which, in turn, spread embers and make the fire grow." SAN BERNADINO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 9, 2024) (Reuters) VARIOUS TRACKING SHOTS OF BURNED OUT HILLS BEAUMONT, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 9, 2024) (Reuters) (SOUNDBITE) (English) PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, REDONDO BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT, ARNOLD MENJIVAR, SAYING: "This summer has been a very long, hot summer, so the heat has dried the fuels exponentially, causing them to be very susceptible to flame and causing the spread even faster than they normally would, so just a change of weather as far as having a very long summer and a very hot summer is what's made this incident and any other incident in California very significant." SAN BERNADINO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 9, 2024) (Reuters) FIRETRUCK ON ROAD VARIOUS OF BURNED OUT LANDSCAPE BEAUMONT, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 9, 2024) (Reuters) (SOUNDBITE) (English) PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, REDONDO BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT, ARNOLD MENJIVAR, SAYING: "As far as damage to homes, we've been very fortunate. The firefighters have put some aggressive work and some aggressive lines onto the fires, a lot of support from the air with our helicopters and our airships. No homes have been damaged or destroyed which is a very good thing. Firefighters, we had three injuries but those firefighters are now safe and they're at home and expected to make a full recovery." MENJIVAR WITH MAP MAP VARIOUS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT VEHICLES (SOUNDBITE) (English) PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, REDONDO BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT, ARNOLD MENJIVAR, SAYING: "Well, it means that we still have a lot of work ahead of us. The three percent containment is delineated here by the black line and as far as the community is that they need to be ready, be ready to either evacuate if there's a warning or evacuate if there's a mandatory order to leave and it's for their own safety." VARIOUS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT VEHICLES
- Embargoed: 24th September 2024 00:04
- Keywords: CALIFORNIA LINE FIRE SAN BERNARDINO WILDFIRE
- Location: BEAUMONT + SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
- City: BEAUMONT + SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
- Country: US
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Fires,North America
- Reuters ID: LVA001277309092024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: The Line Fire in Southern California was only 3% contained on Monday (September 9) as firefighters continued to work during the heatwave in the area.
Arnold Menjivar, from Redondo Beach Fire Department told Reuters "The weather, we've had a significant weather now for the last three days, into the fourth day, reaching triple digits. Saturday and Sunday we had thunderstorms form over the fire itself and even though we did have some rainfall over the fire, it creates erratic winds, which, in turn, spread embers and make the fire grow."
The fire is spread over 23,600 acres in San Bernardino County, with numerous areas being evacuated.
"As far as damage to homes, we've been very fortunate. The firefighters have put some aggressive work and some aggressive lines onto the fires, a lot of support from the air with our helicopters and our airships. No homes have been damaged or destroyed which is a very good thing," said Menjivar.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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