May 14, 2008 9:05 pm US/Pacific
Hot, Windy Weather Expected To Stir Up Wildfire
MOUNT BALDY VILLAGE, Calif. (AP) ―
Firefighters are struggling to contain a wildfire on one of the biggest mountains in Southern California before windy and hot weather sets in.
U.S. Forest Service spokesman Robert Brady says the fire barely moved among brush-dotted ridges on the flanks of 10,064-foot Mount Baldy Wednesday morning.
As winds began shifting at dusk, firefighters worked to contain the 320-acre wildfire 45 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles.
U.S. Forest Service spokesman Robert Brady says 20 to 40 mph winds were predicted overnight, possibly pushing the flames across a road and closer to houses to the south.
The fire on the eastern end of the San Gabriel Mountains was 25 percent contained Wednesday night.
Winds blew from the northeast at 25 mph but forecasts for Thursday call for highs in the 90s and winds gusting to 45 mph.
Two airtankers and water-dropping helicopters aided 623 firefighters on the lines 45 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles. The area, part of Angeles National Forest, hadn't burned since 1975.
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