Hundreds Of Firefighters Battle Blaze In Angeles National Forest

Los Angeles, CA (AHN) – Hundreds of firefighters are battling a blaze in the Angeles National Forest in California.

Dubbed the Morris Fire, the wildfire began in San Gabriel Canyon near Morris Dam late afternoon on Tuesday. It had grown to 275 acres that same night, fed by medium brush and chaparral in steep terrain.

A total of 600 personnel are working to extinguish the blaze, and have it contained 10 percent so far.

Angeles National Forest covers more than 650,000 acres that have elevations ranging between 1,200 to 10,064 feet. Officials had raised the fire danger level in the forest from high to very high in July, citing the continued drying out of vegetation and the 79 wildfires in and around the forest in the previous two months.

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