UPDATE: 5:40PM - All Bear Valley Unified School District classes will be cancelled at all school sites for tomorrow, Tuesday, October 1st, for the safety of students and staff. UPDATE: 5:30PM - An Evacuation Order has been issued for Angelus Oaks. Seven Oaks and Barton Flat areas are already under an Evacuation Order. UPDATE: 12:00 PM - An Evacuation Warning has been … [Read more...] about Line Fire Update: September 30, 2024
Fire/Safety
Line Fire Update – September 29, 2024 4:30 pm
Update 754 pm: An Evacuation Warning has been issued from Big Bear Dam to Wildrose Lane along the in Big Bear Lake along the South Shore. A Warning is to alert residents that there is a possibility of an Evacuation Order to follow which is a mandatory order. Big Bear News - Big Bear Valley - The Line fire is now being described as active. We do not have a confirmation that … [Read more...] about Line Fire Update – September 29, 2024 4:30 pm
Line Fire Update: September 28, 2024
Big Bear Lake, CA - Big Bear News - The Line fire is again today flaring up in the Bear Creek Canyon and a new flare up is underway to the Northwest of Angelus Oaks. Some of this is due to hot spots within the fire perimeter that reach new fuel either by creeping or rolling down steep grades. Helicopters continue to drop water on the hot spots in the most inaccessible areas … [Read more...] about Line Fire Update: September 28, 2024
Cactus Fire
Big Bear News - Big Bear, CA - UPDATE: Highway 18 has reopened as of 4:22pm with alternating lane traffic. Please give yourself extra time if taking that route. At approximately 2:45pm on Friday, September 27, 2024, a vehicle fire by Cactus Flats at Highway 18 created a vegetation fire that grew to 2 acres before fire personnel stopped the rate of spread. There is a hose lay … [Read more...] about Cactus Fire
Line Fire, Thursday, September 26, 2024 – Flare Up
Big Bear News - Big Bear, CA - The Line Fire remains within containment lines at 39, 232 acres and 83% contained. There have been some flare ups in the Bear Creek drainage area in steep, inaccessible terrain. Aircraft is assigned to the fire in these difficult to reach areas and smoke has been visible in the Big Bear Valley during these flare ups. But, it is important to … [Read more...] about Line Fire, Thursday, September 26, 2024 – Flare Up