The 1,012-acre Oak Glen III Fire, which began Sunday afternoon, is now reportedly 75 percent contained, according to fire officials.
Full containment is expected by Monday, September 7. At one point there were 1,744 fire personnel fighting the fire including 182 engines, 49 fire crews, 14 dozers, 7 air tankers and 8 helicopters.
The Oak Glen Fire III started on Sunday August 30, 2009 at 1:45 pm in the hills south of Potato Canyon Road and Oak Glen Rd. They started making Mandatory Evacuations around 3:20 pm. The fire burned over 1,000 acres and is still continuing to grow. The fire for the most part has burned just south of Oak Glen and no apple orchards or houses have been damaged. Pisgah Peak was burning and was a great concern for Snow-Line Orchard. But the fire continued to move SSE toward Oak Glen Rd. near Riley’s Farm.
Here are some of the pictures and video that I took. Thank-you brave firefighters and the amazing pilots for keeping Oak Glen safe.
We do want to report one casualty during the fire. One of our gray squirrels got ran over by a car or fire truck during the commotion.
A second fire has started a few miles from the fire burning near Oak Glen. Called the Pendleton Fire - 300 acres in heavy brush and other types of fuel - threatening 400 homes - Wildwood Canyon area evacuated.
Full containment is anticipated by Friday, September 4. At one point, there were 816 fire personnel involved in the incident including 50 engines, 40 fire crews, 8 dozers and 1 helicopter.
Aerial support included aircraft from the Oak Glen III Fire due to the close proximity of both fires and air space safety.
The gray area represents the mandatory evacuation zone and the light red are the active fire areas.
Thanks to rimoftheworld.net for the map and updates on the fires.
Updated Wed 09/02/09 -9:35pm