City Of Malibu: Flores Fire Incident Updates - 7/19/21 - Forward Progress Stopped

Press release from the City of Malibu:

July 19, 2021

"FLORES" FIRE INCIDENT UPDATES 

UPDATE - 7/19/21, 5:00 PM - Forward progress has been stopped at 15 acres on the Flores Fire on Tuna Canyon Road at Las Flores Heights, 3.5 miles north of PCH in Malibu. Tuna Canyon Rd is closed from Saddle Peak to PCH. No evacuations have been ordered. No structures threatened. Crews will remain on scene until mop-up is complete.

UPDATE - 7/19/21, 4:15 PM -  due to the brushfire on Tuna Canyon. Fire is at approximately 10 acres. No evacuations have been ordered at this time. Fixed wing and helicopters are making good progress with airdrops over the fire. 

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The LA County Fire Department is responding to a brushfire of 3-5 acres at Tuna Canyon Road and Las Flores Heights, approximately 3.5 miles north of PCH in Malibu. For official incident information, follow LA County Fire Department on Twitter at https://twitter.com/LACoFDPIO. The incident is being called #FloresFire. Residents should monitor local news and emergency updates on AM and FM radio.

All City of Malibu emergency information is posted on the website at www.malibucity.org and on social media at https://www.facebook.com/CityofMalibu and https://twitter.com/CityMalibu/. Current alerts are at https://www.malibucity.org/AlertCenter.aspx?AID=Fire-crews-responding-to-a-brushfire-at--2780.

To sign up for emergency, traffic and other alerts via text and email from the City, visit www.malibucity.org/news (scroll down to Alert Center).

This press release was produced by the City of Malibu. The views expressed here are the author’s own.