Station Fire
This page is dedicated to the events that occurred
during the Station Fire.
Start date: August 26, 2009 at 3:20pm
The Station Fire was officially contained at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, October 16,
2009
160,577 acres
Cost to Date: $95.2 million
For current information please go to the following link:
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First and foremost...Thank you to all the firefighters!!!
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Contact
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09/02/09
Angeles Forest Hwy south of Mill Creek |
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09/02/09
Near parking lot of pavillion. |
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09/02/09
Staging area on Mt. Wilson. |
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09/02/09
100" telescope Mt. Wilson |
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09/02/09
"Lady Bug" hairpin turn Angeles Crest Hwy, 4000' level. |
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09/03/09
From Upper Big Tajunga looking towards where Hidden Springs Cafe once stood. |
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09/03/09
Mt. Wilson area |
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09/03/09
Mt. Wilson area. |
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09/03/09
Mt. Wilson area. |
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09/03/09
Mt. Wilson area. |
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09/03/09
Mt. Wilson area. |
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09/03/09
Mt. Wilson area. |
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09/03/09
Mt. Wilson area. |
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09/03/09
Mt. Wilson area. |
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09/03/09
Mt. Wilson area. |
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09/03/09
Mt. Wilson area. |
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From the Inciweb page.
I don't know who the photographer was, but this picture captures it all. |
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Sept 11, 2009
Mount Wilson tower cam captures the burn out in progress. |
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Sept 11, 2009
Mount Wilson tower cam captures the burn out in progress. |
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Phos-chek waiting to be used.
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Phos-chek
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All the empty Phos-chek buckets
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Used to distribute the Phos-chek
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Used to distribute the Phos-chek
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Fire name origin:
The Station Fire, named because of its proximity to
a nearby USFS Ranger Station has burned over 242 square miles of land
within the Angeles National Forest and near surrounding foothill
communities of La Canada Flintridge, La Crescenta, Acton, Soledad
Canyon, Pasadena, Glendale and Sierra Madre. The goal of the Incident
Management Team is to keep the fire west of Highway 39 and Angeles Crest
Highway, east of Interstate 5, south of Highway 14, Pearblossom Highway,
and Highway 138, and north of the foothill communities and the Angeles
National Forest Boundary. The fire is moving into areas of the forest
with no recorded fire history. The Station Fire is now the 10th largest
fire in California since 1932. For more statistics please go to
Station Fire.
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1:04 pm September 01, 2009
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Site of the solar towercam atop the dome.
Thank you towercam for all your pictures! |
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1:04 pm September 01, 2009
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1:04 pm September 01, 2009
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1:04 pm September 01, 2009
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1:04 pm September 01, 2009
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1:04 pm September 01, 2009
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1:04 pm September 01, 2009
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1:04 pm September 01, 2009
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1:04 pm September 01, 2009
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LACO Fire map and current info as of 11:00 am Sept 01.
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Mars aircraft
On it's way to Wilson! |
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Mars give the north side of Wilson a bath.
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September 01, 2009
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September 01, 2009
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September 01, 2009
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September 01, 2009
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September 01, 2009
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Map of fire area.
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Map of fire area.
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Image from the Nasa Terra spacecraft
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Sept. 05, 2009
Looking over 100" telescope with parts of Chilalo in the background. |
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20
Largest California Wildland Fires (By *Acreage Burned)
FIRE NAME/CAUSE DATE COUNTY ACRES STRUCTURES DEATHS
1- CEDAR (HUMAN) October 2003 SAN DIEGO 273,246 2,820 15
2- ZACA (HUMAN) July 2007 SANTA BARBARA 240,207 1 0
3- BEAR WALLOW SISKIYOU 192,038
4- MATILIJA (UNDETERMINED) September 1932 VENTURA 220,000 0 0
5- WITCH (POWERLINES) October 2007 SAN DIEGO 197,990 1,650 2
6- MARBLE CONE (LIGHTNING) July 1977 MONTEREY 177,866 0 0
7- LAGUNA (POWERLINES) September 1970 SAN DIEGO 175,425 382 5
8- BASIN COMPLEX (LIGHTNING) June 2008 MONTEREY 162,818 58 0
9- DAY FIRE (HUMAN) September 2006 VENTURA 162,702 11 0
10- STATION
FIRE (UNDER INVESTIGATION) August 2009 LOS ANGELES
160,357
91 2
11- MCNALLY (HUMAN) July 2002 TULARE 150,696 17 0
12- STANISLAUS COMPLEX (LIGHTNING) August 1987 TUOLUMNE 145,980 28 1
13- BIG BAR COMPLEX (LIGHTNING) August 1999 TRINITY 140,948 0 0
14- CAMPBELL COMPLEX (POWERLINES) August 1990 TEHAMA 125,892 27 0
15- WHEELER (ARSON) July 1985 VENTURA 118,000 26 0
16- SIMI (UNDER INVESTIGATION) October 2003 VENTURA 108,204 300 0
17- HWY. 58 (VEHICLE) August 1996 SAN LUIS OBISPO 106,668 13 0
18- IRON ALPS COMPLEX (LIGHTNING) June 2008 TRINITY 105,805 2 10
19- CLAMPITT (POWERLINES) September 1970 LOS ANGELES 105,212 86 4
20- BAR COMPLEX (LIGHTNING) July 2006 TRINITY 100,414 0 0
There is no doubt that there were fires with significant acreage loss in
years prior to 1932, but those records are less reliable,
and this list is meant to give an overview of the large acreage-loss
fires in more recent times. (Also note that this list does
not include fire jurisdiction. These are the top 20 within the state,
regardless of whether they were state, federal, or local
responsibility.)
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The Hot Shot Crews:
Where
they are from and how many crews were sent from each state...
Alaska 1
Idaho 1
Illinois 1
New Jersey 1
Oregon 1
South Dakota 1
Tennessee 1
Utah 1
Wyoming 1
Nevada 2
Montana 7
New Mexico 9
Arizona 11
California 81
There are +20 men and women in each crew. A HUGE thank
you goes out to each and every one of them!
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Arson:
It has been determined that the cause of
the Station Fire is arson and is now a homicide
investigation If you have any information or
questions please contact the Los Angeles County
Sheriff's Department at (323)-573-2387.
There is now a $150,000 reward being offered for the
information leading to the arrest and conviction of
the person or persons responsible for setting this
deadly fire. Investigators say they
have proof the fire was deliberately set. The
state is putting up the first $100,000 and the LA Co
Supervisors approved the additional $50,000.
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In Memory of...
On a sad note, two firefighters were killed while fighting the
Station Fire near Mt. Gleason on August 30. The firefighters were Capt.
Tedmund Hall, 47, and Spc. Arnaldo "Arnie" Quinones, 35
(whose wife is currently 8 1/2 months pregnant with their first
child). It really puts perspective on things...yes we
don't want to lose the mountain, or in my case my home (I live in the
Acton area and was preparing to evacuate for two days) but there is no
replacing lives and these people put it all on the line to protect
us. I am so grateful for their efforts and my house as well as
our Mt.Wilson is still
standing thanks to those heroic selfless efforts.
Arnaldo Quinones
Tedmund Hall
"Our hearts go out to their families
and our gratitude can never measure up to the heroes that keep us
safe. We will never forget."
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