Los Angeles Times | August 31, 2009 | 3:56 p.m. Station fire burns 105,000 acres with no control in sight
A voracious five-day-old wildfire that has churned through more than 105,000 acres of mountainous brush across northern Los Angeles County showed little sign of slowing down this afternoon as it threatened 12,000 homes in suburban tracts and desert communities, along with a historic observatory and major array of television and radio transmission towers. With afternoon winds picking up, the Station fire, the largest of eight burning in the state, was plowing through dense hillside vegetation and steep terrain toward residential areas of Sunland and Santa Clarita on the west. To the east, firefighters were hoping that a concerted effort to cut fire breaks and lay down fire retardant would save the Mt. Wilson Observatory and a key complex of communications towers. More at: http://link.latimes.com/r/VKC7L0/6XN24/64ZCR3/RN1C9/IY69BL/ID/t -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- California and the world: Visit http://link.latimes.com/r/VKC7L0/6XN24/64ZCR3/RN1C9/JIOSGH/ID/t for up to the minute news. Mobile: http://link.latimes.com/r/VKC7L0/6XN24/64ZCR3/RN1C9/LQCR68/ID/t Follow @LATimes on Twitter: http://link.latimes.com/r/VKC7L0/6XN24/64ZCR3/RN1C9/UUWHMM/ID/t Follow the L.A. Times on Facebook: http://link.latimes.com/r/VKC7L0/6XN24/64ZCR3/RN1C9/GKGETH/ID/t Sign up for more email newsletters: http://link.latimes.com/r/VKC7L0/6XN24/64ZCR3/RN1C9/JIOSG6/ID/t -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About this Communication: You are receiving this email because you opted-in to receive Breaking News Alerts from the Los Angeles Times. You're currently subscribed to Los Angeles Times Breaking News with the address [email protected]. If you'd like to unsubscribe, please click here: http://link.latimes.com/r/VKC7L0/6XN24/64ZCR3/RN1C9/D4TDUT/ID/t?a=U8TP4K&[email protected]&c=51242192&d=BM1X4J You can also unsubscribe by modifying your profile on latimes.com at http://www.latimes.com/newsletters For information on how we protect your information, please read our privacy policy at http://link.latimes.com/r/VKC7L0/6XN24/64ZCR3/RN1C9/A7UWN1/ID/t [[VKC7L0-BM1X4J-6XN24-64ZCR3-RN1C9-T-M2-20090831-50bc1c8a70faedad4]] -- Posted By # to BN at 9/01/2009 01:59:00 AM
