Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorTuesday marked the first day of fall and also the official start of fire season in Los Angeles.
But while fall seems far way, fire season is already well underway.As of 8 p.m., the Bobcat Fire had scorched over 112,000 acres of the Angeles National Forest and was just 17% contained.
That containment number has barely moved over the past week as the fire moved into the communities of Cima Mesa, Juniper Hills, Pearblossom and Devil’s Punchbowl in the Antelope Valley and San Gabriel Valley foothills.
It has destroyed or damaged 29 structures, with authorities fearing the number could rise to 85. The blaze is already the third-largest ever recorded in Los Angeles. #BobcatFire Los Angeles County largest fires since.
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