Update adds info about status, progress

The Lake Fire near Castaic Lake is holding at about 1,000 acres, according to an Angeles National Forest official Sunday morning.

Some fire resources are being relieved as of 9 a.m. Sunday, but it’s more due to the access concerns for vehicles, and a reduced need for structure protection crews where the fire is currently burning, according to Nathan Judy of the Angeles National Forest Service.

As of 12:18 p.m. Sunday no evacuation orders or road closures are in effect according to fire officials.

“It’s inaccessible for a lot of the vehicles,” Judy said, adding “hand crews will be working on the east side of the fire,” which is where the primary focus is expected to be today.

An updated figured from Angeles National Forest officials might not be released until early evening, depending on the progress.

“Most like the acreage won’t change, but the containment will,” Judy said, noting there was no large advance for the fire overnight.

Forest officials briefed at 6 a.m. as Forest Service officials took the main handle of the blaze. The fire had kept relatively close to the same size it was the night before, said Nathan Judy, spokesman for the Angeles National Forest.

As of 9:30 a.m. Sunday, 450 Angeles National Forest and Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel are on scene dealing with the blaze.

Perhaps most importantly, no injuries were reported to any residents of the area or firefighters, despite an all-day effort in temperatures reached into the high-90s throughout the area.

Two outhouses were claimed in the blaze, but no homes were lost.

The main “handle” for the fire will come from Angeles National Forest officials, as the fire is now predominantly burning into “backcountry” forest territory, Licon said. LA County Fire officials are remaining on scene to assist.

Licon briefly summarized the initial fire as heading northeast from the bank of Castaic Lake, which is toward the edge of county fire’s jurisdiction, he said, and then in the forest.

Access to the fire early on was difficult, he said, due to the fact that there was little in the way of access to where the fire was burning.

“Initially, when we showed up, it was three to five acres in our area,” he said, “and then it moved rapidly into the Angeles National Forest. … It’s all in the forest itself, a lot of back country, on the sides of the hills.”

No structures are currently threatened, he said, although two outhouses were lost in the brush fire.

5:30 p.m.: Fire officials confirmed the fire had spread to 550 acres Saturday evening.

Airplanes and helicopters will continue dropping fire retardant on the flames throughout the night.

This is an ongoing story and more information will be added as it becomes available.