Full Notification

All of the hard work yesterday putting in control and contingency lines paid off. This included bulldozer lines, hand crew lines, fire retardant drops, and firing operations. The fire laid down in our area last night and did not progress towards the city.
 
Today’s goal is to continue to tie the control line together. That will involve completing bulldozer lines, hand lines, and firing out. You may see bulldozers creating fire breaks on the face of the mountain. Additionally, you will see smoke and possibly flames in Santa Anita canyon and in front of and behind the ridges. The planned firing out will remove fuel from in front of the fire.  
 
We will continue to have engines coming in and out of our Sierra Madre canyons and additional work being done to help fortify the fire defenses. We want to thank the residents for their continued understanding, cooperation, and support of these efforts.
 
Things are looking better today for us than yesterday, and better than the day before. However, we need to remain vigilant as we will continue to battle this fire for some time.
 
Please continue to get information for Sierra Madre here:
https://www.nixle.com/
www.CityofSierraMadre.com/bobcat
https://www.facebook.com/cityofsierramadre/
 

Instructions:

Please continue to check for updates on the fire.