Crews are continuing to battle the rapidly spreading Line Fire in San Bernardino County following a state of emergency declaration by Gov. Gavin Newsom Saturday night.
The blaze first broke out Thursday around 6:30 p.m. near Baseline Street and Alpin Street in Highland; it quickly grew to 3,832 acres by Friday night and nearly doubled in size to 7,122 acres with no containment by Saturday afternoon.
As of 5:50 a.m. Sunday, it stood at 17,459 acres, making it the fifth-largest active wildfire in the state.
In a post to X, Newsom stated that he is deploying resources from across the state to assist local fire crews. CAL FIRE is also working with the U.S. Forest Service to protect area communities.
Fire officials described the Line Fire as “very active and spreading in receptive fuels,” adding that extreme weather — including lightning strikes, strong winds and hot weather — as well as hard-to-navigate terrain are making it hard for crews to contain the blaze; however, a CAL FIRE spokesperson told KTLA 5’s Erin Myers Sunday morning that crews did make progress overnight due to higher humidity, a little bit of rain and the deployment of more resources.
“Vegetation is critically dry, and temperatures reached more than 100 degrees Saturday with relative humidity dipping to the mid-teens,” CAL FIRE stated on their Line Fire incident webpage. “There’s a chance for thunderstorms in the area Sunday [but] there is an Excessive Heat Warning across the region that is expected to last through the weekend.”
A total of 8,733 structures are threatened, including residential homes, commercial buildings and “other minor structures,” fire officials said. Three firefighters have been injured fighting the blaze.
A map of evacuation zones (red) and evacuation warnings (orange) due to the Line Fire.
Evacuation orders are in place for the following areas:
The communities of Running Springs and Arrow Bear Lake
All underdeveloped land east of Highway 330 to Summertrail Place and north of Highland Avenue
From Calle Del Rio to Highway 38 including Greenspot Road North
Areas of Running Springs east of Highway 330 and south of Highway 18
Area east of Orchard Road to CloverHill from Highland Avenue north to the foothills
North of Highland Avenue and East of Palm Avenue to Highway 330
Evacuation warnings are in place for the following areas:
Cedar Glen, Lake Arrowhead, Crestline, Valley of Enchantment
Green Valley Lake
Neighborhoods east of Church Street and north of Highland Avenue
Neighborhoods east of Weaver, north of Greenspot to the Iron Bridge
Evacuation shelters have been set up at the following locations:
San Bernardino County Fairgrounds Building 6 – 14800 7th Street, Victorville
Immanuel Baptist Church – 28355 Base Line Street, Highland
An animal evacuation shelter is available at Devore Animal Shelter, located at 19777 Shelter Way in San Bernardino.
More information on the wildfire can be found at CAL FIRE’s Line Fire incident webpage.
Officials are set to give an update on the fire at 7 a.m.
Crews are continuing to battle the rapidly spreading Line Fire in San Bernardino County following a state of emergency declaration by Gov. Gavin Newsom Saturday night. The blaze first broke out Thursday around 6:30 p.m. near Baseline Street and Alpin Street in Highland; it quickly grew to 3,832 acres by Friday night and nearly doubled […]
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