Full Notification

Evacuation Status: Warning 
Probability of Evacuations within the next 12 hours: Unlikely
Size: Approximately 44,393 acres
Percent Contained: 3%
Cause: Under Investigation
Resources Assigned: 1,158 personnel Engines: 119 Handcrews: 23 Helicopters: 6 Aircraft: 6 Dozers: 6 Water tenders: 5  

The Duarte Mesa remains in an evacuation warning (be prepared and ready). Please visit the City website for maps of the evacuation warning area and information for emergency preparation: https://www.accessduarte.com/news/default.htm.

Today's efforts will be to hold onto what has been accomplished over the last few days in the vicinity of the foothill communities including Duarte and Mt. Wilson Observatory. Firefighters will be working on strengthening the lines and looking for opportunities to attack the fire directly. Additional strategic firing may occur as necessary to secure the lines. The Ranch2 and Fish Fire burn scar located above Duarte have continued to see very limited movement, which is great news for Duarte residents. Firefighters have completed the firing operations within the Spanish Canyon in the City of Monrovia. In the north, along the Highway 2 corridor, firefighters will be working at putting in lines around the spot fires and ensuring that additional spots are dealt with as they occur. The spot fire in Cooper Canyon is approximately 750 acres. Fuels are at critically dry levels and we anticipate increased fire activity over the next couple of days compared to yesterday. On the east side, along Highway 39, the fire crews will be preparing for a strategic firing operation to strengthen the lines.

Yesterday, firefighters were successful in keeping the fire from impacting Mt. Wilson Observatory. Fire behavior moderated at the south end of the fire overnight and this helped the crews working on strengthening control lines around the foothill communities and Mt. Wilson. Fire behavior was still active in the north and an additional focus was to try to contain the spot fires across Highway 2. The east side of the fire remained quiet.   
The evacuation order will be lifted for all residents north of Elkins Avenue and east of Santa Anita Avenue at 4 PM today in Arcadia and portions of Sierra Madre. Please check the City of Arcadia's and the City of Sierra Madre's social media and website for further instructions later today. 

For those who were unable to attend Monday night's virtual community meeting, a recording is located at youtu.be/_- SvRQ6ZwgY and on the City of Duarte's Facebook page.

Evacuation Orders: Yesterday, an Evacuation Order was issued for residences within the area north of Angeles Crest North and between Clear Creek Station and Hwy 39.  A Red Cross Evacuation Center has been established at Santa Anita Park, located at 285 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia. Residents are advised to enter through Gate 5. To reach Red Cross LA, call 1-800-675-5799.