The Bridge Fire exploded in size on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 10, after sweeping through Mt. Baldy and pushing north and northeast leading to evacuations in Wrightwood and Pinion Hills. Authorities also closed highways and issued evacuation warnings for parts of San Antonio Heights, Upland, San Dimas, Glendora and La Verne.
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Satellite imagery captures the Line Fire’s pyrocumulus clouds on Monday, September 9. Pink-ish and orange areas highlight active fire hot spots.
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A hillside smolders in view of the community of Mount Baldy in Angeles National Forest on the fifth day of the Bridge Fire on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer)
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A tree catches fire along Mount Baldy Road in Angeles National Forest on the fifth day of the Bridge Fire on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer)
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Pyrocumulus clouds form from the Line Fire in Southern California on Monday, September 9.
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A firefighter puts out a plant that had caught fire along Mount Baldy Road in Angeles National Forest on the fifth day of the Bridge Fire on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer)
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Smoke envelopes trees on a mountainside after a fire burned through the area in Angeles National Forest on the fifth day of the Bridge Fire on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer)
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California’s Line Fire is burning so intensely that it created its own weather.
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Hillsides smolder after a fire burned through the area in Angeles National Forest on the fifth day of the Bridge Fire on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer)
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Firefighters battle a deep-seated flame in a group of trees along Mount Baldy Road in Angeles National Forest on the fifth day of the Bridge Fire on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer)
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A tree catches fire along Mount Baldy Road in Angeles National Forest on the fifth day of the Bridge Fire on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer)
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A smokey haze hangs over the mountain community of Wrightwood on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. The fire, which burned through the mountain community Tuesday night, has burned more than 51,000 acres as midday Thursday. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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A fire crew drives west on Highway 2 as the Bridge fire continues to burn in the mountain community of Wrightwood on Wednesday Sep. 11, 2024. The fire, which burned through the mountain community Tuesday night, has burned 49,007 acres as of 1p.m. this afternoon. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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The National Guard stop motorists as they attempt to enter the Bridge fire zone along Highway 138 near Interstate 15 as the fire continues to burn in the mountain community of Wrightwood on Wednesday Sep. 11, 2024. The fire, which burned through the mountain community Tuesday night, has burned 49,007 acres as of 1p.m. this afternoon. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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A Cal Fire investigator on Sept. 5, 2024, examines the area near Base Line and Aplin streets in Highland where the Line fire is believed to have started. Justin Wayne Halstenberg, 34, of Norco, was charged on Sept. 12 with nine felony arson counts. (RMG News)
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Residents watch the fire on Base Line and Aplin St. in Highland on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer)
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Satellite imagery captures the Line Fire’s pyrocumulus clouds on Monday, September 9. Pink-ish and orange areas highlight active fire hot spots.
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