LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters have contained 60 percent of the huge wildfire that has burned north of Los Angeles for 14 days. U.S. Forest Service spokesman Tom Debellis said Tuesday that the 251-square-mile fire is burning deeper into the wilderness of the Angeles National Forest. Officials say crews aided by waterdropping aircraft are focusing on keeping the fire from moving farther east. No homes are threatened.—-Contact The Daily Reveille news staff at [email protected]
Firefighters contain 60 percent of LA-area fire
September 7, 2009