Southland Fire Crews On High Alert Ahead Of Friday’s Red Flag Warning

From CBS Los Angeles:

By CBSLA Staff

October 15, 2020 at 10:46 pm

CAJON PASS (CBSLA) — Smoke from stubborn wildfires still burning in Northern California clouded the skies over Los Angeles Thursday.

“It was horrible,” Spencer Gibber, a traveler, said. “It was worse than fog rolling in at one point.”

But Southern California has its own wildfire concerns this weekend as crews try to wrap up the 170-ace Bruder Fire in Redlands ahead of a red flag warning that will create critical fire danger from L.A. to the Inland Empire Friday.

“It’s a good thing the fire started prior to the wind event, which could have definitely spread it a lot quicker,” Mike McClintock, San Bernardino County Fire Department battalion chief, said.

Another bit of good news is that most fire stations in Southern California now have their resources back home from the fires up north.

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