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The Tick Fire has grown to nearly 4,000 acres in size, with over 40,000 residents in the Santa Clarita Valley ordered to evacuate as firefighters work through the night.
UPDATE: (8:45 a.m. Friday) — West Ranch High School has been named the second evacuation center for residents, 26255 Valencia Boulevard.
UPDATE (3:30 a.m. Friday) –– The Tick Fire has jumped the 14 Freeway causing a closure of the 14 in both directions northbound from Golden Valley, southbound from Escondido Canyon. Additional evacuations are now in place south of 14 Freeway, east of Sand Canyon, north of Placerita Cyn., west of Agua Dulce Canyon Road.
Tick Fire Evacuations as of 3:30 a.m.
UPDATE (10:05 p.m.): Repopulation orders have been given for residents East of Haskett Rd., between Davenport Rd. and SR-14.
See Related: Tick Fire Breaks Out In Canyon Country, Threatening Homes
After breaking out just before 1:45 p.m. Thursday, the Tick Fire has grown to 3,950 acres in size as of 8:30 p.m. Thursday, according to officials with the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
“The firefight will continue throughout the night,” said Los Angeles County Fire Department Chief Daryl Osby during a press conference Thursday evening.
Over 500 firefighters are currently working to contain the blaze, which was at 5 percent containment as of Thursday night.
Tbe Tick Fire has prompted officials to issue mandatory evacuations to over 40,000 people in the Santa Clarita Valley. A full map of evacuations can be found here.
See Related: Tick Fire Evacuations: Two Santa Clarita Brush Fires Break Out Promoting School, Road Closures
However, LACoFD officials plan on “flying the fire” over the night in order to identify hotspots in the ground using infrared technology to see where, if any, repopulation orders can be issued.
“There are deputies there standing watch all night long until those repopulation orders are given,” said Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who has deployed over 130 personnel into the Santa Clarita Valley in order to conduct fire watch and traffic control.
A Red Flag Warning is in effect for the Santa Clarita Valley, as winds are predicted to consistently remain at 20 mph overnight, with gusts of up to 45 mph, according to officials.
“Do not be lulled by the fact that you don’t see open flames right now,” Osby said. “There are plenty of hotspots out there.”
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So when do you say enough is enough and end the use of fossil fuels? Thank God I moved out of this Inferno and moved to Italy .I could not stand living in the Goni Desert watching the destruction of our planet.You are going to have a brain drain as those who have marketable skills leave the area.
Nobody gives a rat’s ass that you moved to Italy dude. How bout caring about the families that have to leave their homes because of this fire.
Dude go sell it on the mountain, seriously what the f does a brush fire have to do with oil ? Eat a Buffett of Dix.
I’m sure God is pleased with your kind post at the time when many are going through this. Thank you and enjoy your clean life in Italy sir – avere una vita benedetta
I hope in your Italy time you learned about California Notmal weather, it’s normal burn cycles and that what is burnt is brush… needed for more brush to grow.
Hopefully you know that even without human presence fires occur as a natural phenomena and in California -SoCal- they are common.
Hopefully you also get that we – humans – built in spaces that are prone to fire, and we knew so. Also hopefully you know that without the advance and usage of those fuel (totally another topic) we couldn’t have a positive gain in green coverage, being one of the first few years in which we gain more than we lose forests.
Hopefully you studied photovoltaic energy and now know that solar panel contaminate many gallons of water when waste and many many are needed to produce them, their lifespan of 10 years is not comparable to the 100’s of years of toxic waste they become after…. and so on.
To you in Italy.
Joseph “Fredo” Marcucilli: Your ilk will always blame fossil fuels/global warming/climate change on every negative thing that happens!! Chaos happens because of centuries of NATURE!, Unpleasant things have & will always happen because of nature with no fault by humans! People have lost homes/income etc. and you sheep always want to blame everything on the “GREEN”! Please rent out a room in Italy to AOC and you can enjoy sipping wine through paper straws together & dream up more ways to screw Americans in honor of your insane religions! Arivadurchi! Fool !