​ State Route-38 is CLOSED 

  

PHOTOS by Jonny Bresnahan at the summit on Snow Summit’s southside of the Lake Fire in the Jenks Lake area.

  

  

From Angelus Oaks to

Erwin Lake (East Big Bear City)

Due to the (Jenks south of SR-38) LAKE FIRE
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ALTERNATIVE ROUTES ADVISED ~

In / Out of Big Bear Valley

State Route 330 Via Highland or 

State Route 18 via Lucerne Valley

The LAKE FIRE is officially

7,500 ACRES and 5% Contained

Reported at 11:59 A.M. June 18, 2015

Big Bear Communities are not currently threatened

by the Lake Fire as it is running (southwest) parallel to Big Bear Valley.

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4:45 P.M. Thursday Big Bear Lake NewsRoom Photographers' 

will have their LAKE Fire Photos Displayed in a Photo Gallery ASAP 

Thank You!  Editor E T Russell 



Lake Fire Update

Friday June 19, 2015 8:00 P.M.

 

Acres Burned:

13,000

Structures Threatened:  

500

Containment:

10%

Structures Destroyed:

0

Fire Started:

June 17, 2015

Injuries:

0

Cause:

Under Investigation

 

 

FRI JUN 19 3:01 P.M.

According to Air Attack, the eastern portion of the fire is southeast of the Coon Creek Cabin 

FRIDAY JUN 19 1:38 A.M.
AT LEAST ONE HELICOPTER CONTINUES TO MAKE DROPS ON THIS FIRE AS THE GROUND RESOURCES REQUEST THEM. THE HELICOPTER BASE IS AT BIG BEAR AIRPORT.
SOURCE: SCANNER  REPORTER:SCMALERT  

Friday 6/19 7:00 A.M. (Channel 5 KTLA )  South of BBL Fire Fighters fought through night.

Dry vegetation fueling the fire, 600 residents evacuated

9:00 A.M. Update the LAKE Fire has grown to 11,000 acres

Next update will be Friday Evening unless alerted of incident emergency


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For fire information go to http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4302/.