• Font Size    

Fire Watch Coverage

60 Freeway Brush Fire
E-mail

Close Window E-mail This Page

Pasadena Marathon Canceled Due To Smoky Air

Required fields are marked with an asterisk(*)

The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications. Read more in our Privacy Policy

Send E-mail

   Print     Share +   
Nov 16, 2008 4:19 am US/Pacific

Pasadena Marathon Canceled Due To Smoky Air

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) ― Pasadena's first marathon has been canceled due to heavy smoke and ash from a destructive wildfire burning in Los Angeles County.

Race organizers said Sunday that they decided at the last minute to scrap the event out of concern for the health and safety of the 8,000 people who registered to participate.

The announcement at 4 a.m. came two hours before the marathon and bike tour was set to begin.

John Parks, a member of the race management team, says organizers will meet over the next several days to reschedule the event.

The fire in Sylmar in the San Fernando Valley has burned more than 8,000 acres and destroyed 500 mobile homes, nine single-family homes and 11 commercial buildings.

It is 20 percent contained.

(© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

© MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.