Incident Update Bridge Fire

Situation Summary

Aided by moderate temperatures today, firefighters continued establishing and strengthening direct containment lines while constructing secondary containment lines with dozers and hand crews and strategically using aircraft where needed throughout the fire area.

The northwest flank of the fire continues to be the most active. Firefighters focused on direct attack along the fire’s edge with strike teams of engines, hand crews, and aircraft to protect the communities of Big Pines, Piñon Hills, and other areas to the northwest. The fire continues to back down to Big Pines Road and surrounding infrastructure near Forest Service campgrounds. Fire crews are reinforcing and mopping up containment lines while also falling hazard trees in the Wrightwood area and continuing to engage in structure defense.

To the northeast, firefighters are working hard to secure containment lines on the west side of the North Fork of Lytle Creek by prioritizing dozer lines and direct attack wherever possible to stop fire spread.

The east side of the fire is less active; however, it is still presenting risks to residents in the Mt. Baldy area, so evacuations remain in effect. Structure defense groups will remain in place to mitigate any isolated heat and continue the progress made by the previous operating shift, gaining depth in their mop-up operations along Mt. Baldy Road. However, on the southeast flank, due to the hard work of firefighters, an evacuation order was downgraded to a warning today in the foothill community of Upland from Mountain Avenue up to Shinn Road.

On the south side, firefighters have made good progress securing containment lines along the direct edge of the fire line and continue gaining depth in mop-up operations. They plan to continue increasing containment in this area while constructing secondary containment lines. With this good work holding, authorities lifted some warning areas in Claremont, La Verne, and San Dimas communities. To review current warnings and orders, visit protect.genasys.com

On the west flank, in the rugged and steep terrain of the Sheep Mountain Wilderness, firefighting efforts were successful in holding the fire from advancing near Rattlesnake Peak by constructing dozer and hand lines while aircraft dropped water

Damage inspection teams released interactive maps for local residents affected by the Bridge Fire. For San Bernardino County visit: https://prepare.sbcounty.gov/bridge-fire/. For Los Angeles County visit: https://recovery.lacounty.gov/bridgefire/. 

Governor Gavin Newsom has announced a Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help ensure the availability of vital resources to Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties.

Community Meeting:

The next public meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 16 at Lytle Creek Community Center, 14082 Center Rd., San Bernardino, CA at 7:00 p.m. It will also be live streamed via the new Angeles NF Fire Info YouTube page. 

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For more information visit: Bridge Fire Information | InciWeb (wildfire.gov)

Bridge Fire Photos and Videos

ANF Bridge Fire Operational Videos

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Road Closures

• SR-2 closed from Big Pines to SR-138.
• Highway 138 from Phelan Road to Lone Pine Canyon Road. 
• San Gabriel Canyon and East Fork of the San Gabriel River
• Highway 39
• East Fork Road
• Glendora Ridge Road and Glendora Mountain Road
• Mt. Baldy Road at Shinn Road intersection 
• SR-138 from Lone Pine Canyon Road to Beekley Road
• Big Pines Highway 
• Big Rock Creek Road

Evacuation Information:

Evacuation Orders

Los Angeles County: The East Fork communities, including Camp Williams Resort (café, mobile home park, campground), and the nearby River Community.

• LAC-E171, LAC-E170-C, LAC-E172-A, LAC-E144, LAC-E143, LAC-E172-C, LAC-E128, LAC-E126-B, LAC-E107-A, LAC-E127, LAC-E105-A, LAC-E126-A, LAC-E126-C, LAC-E106-A, LAC-E105-B

San Bernardino County:

• Mt. Baldy Road, all residents north of San Antino Dam up to the Mt Baldy Ski Resort. 
• Highway 138 south to Lone Pine Canyon and Highway 2 east to Lone Pine Canyon Road
• The community of Wrightwood
• Exclusion: Excluding the area of Lytle Creek from the shooting range west to the forest and Upper North Fork Road (3N06) and Middle Fork Road.

Zones: BLD, WWD, PIN

Evacuation Warnings

Los Angeles County: LAC-E169, LAC-E170-A, LAC-E170-B,LAC-E172-B, LAC-E172-D, LAC-E102-A, LAC-E103-A, LAC-E100-A, LAC-E100-B, LAC-E125, LAC-Q1340, LAC-E107-B, LAC-E104, LAC-E106-B, LAC-E142

San Bernardino County:

• North of West 26th Street to Shinn Road and from the LA County line east to Cucamonga Canyon.
• The area from Phelan Road, east from Highway 138 to Baldy Mesa Road, and south from Phelan Road to Sayle Road.
• The community of Pinon Hills, from Wrightwood north to Highway 18, and west to Beekley Road and the Los Angeles County line.
• Exclusion: Excluding the Pinion Hills area of Highway 18 south to Highway 138 and Beekley Road west to the county line.
• The area of Lytle Creek from the shooting range west to the forest and Upper North Fork Road (3N06) and Middle Fork Road.
• The West Cajon area from Highway 138 south of Lytle Creek and Oil Well Road east to Stone Basin.

Zones: SAH01, PHL02, PIN00

Evacuation Shelters

• Pomona Fairplex
  601 W McKinley Ave, Pomona, CA 91768
  Entrance via Gate 3 at the corner of McKinley and White.
  Shelter opens at 9:00 PM on September 10th.

• San Bernardino County Fairgrounds (Building 6)
  14800 7th St, Victorville, CA 92395

• Jessie Turner Community Center
  15556 Summit Ave, Fontana, CA 92336

• Fountain of Living Waters Church
  10120 Johnson Rd, Phelan, CA 92371 

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Small Animal Shelters:

• Lancaster Animal Care Center
  5210 W Ave I, Lancaster, CA 93536

• Palmdale Animal Care Center
  38550 Sierra Hwy, Lancaster, CA 93534

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Large Animal Shelters:

• Antelope Valley Fairgrounds
  2551 W Avenue H, Lancaster, CA 93536

• Devore Animal Shelter (accepting both small and large animals)
  19777 Shelter Way, San Bernardino, CA 92407

Numerous firefighting air tankers from throughout the State are flying fire suppression missions as conditions allow.

Engines

203

Water Tenders

7

Helicopters

13

Dozers

21

Hand Crews

50

Total Personnel

2775

Cooperating Agencies