Did you know this about porter ranch fire

That fire, shown in the photo above, fire is now 750 acres.

An evacuation center for people displaced by the Porter Ranch fire has been established at Chatsworth High School.

Heavy winds quickly pushed the fire, dubbed the Sesnon fire, southwest toward residential areas in Porter Ranch.

Firefighters were dealing with a fast-moving brush fire in Porter Ranch that has burned more than 3,000 acres and has jumped the 118 Freeway.

My son and his family live within five miles of Porter Ranch, and along with the Sylmar fire, the smoke is very heavy.

I remember being on my shake roof in Porter Ranch back in 1987?

PORTER RANCH - At least one motorist was killed when a tow truck and a passenger vehicle crashed on the crowded Ronald Reagan freeway near Porter Ranch.

The second fire, reported at about 10:30 a.m., is about seven or eight miles west of the Marek fire and poses a serious problem for fire crews because of its proximity to a new development of homes.

Authorities have shut down Rinaldi Street and Reseda Bouelvard in the area due to fire.

The blaze is growing quickly near Browns Canyon Road, a few miles north of Chatsworth, and the area is known as a high wind area.

Several “suspicious” fires involving a few acres were reported Monday at various areas in the county, some near the Antelope Valley Freeway, Freeman said.

Fire officials alerted other communities as far south as Malibu Malibu, 20 miles away.

Firefighters were sent to the area north of the 12800 block of Tampa Avenue at about 10 a.m., said Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department.

Humphrey said the fire was originally reported in the oil fields on the mountain, which is home to radio and broadcast towers.

Three water-dropping helicopters were helping to battle the flames, and ground crews were positioning themselves between the flames and homes.

Another fire was burning in Santa Clarita near the 14 Freeway and Via Princessa, but burned only a few acres before being extinguished.

My sister, is packing for an almost certain evacuation from Simi Valley -probably within hours.

This fire started less than an hour ago, and is being stoked by the Santa Ana winds.

The so-called “Sesnon Fire” broke out in the Oat Mountain area just before 10:30 a.m.

Immediate evacuations have been ordered for Box Canyon, Woolsey Canyon, Bell Canyon, Lake Manor, Dayton Canyon, Brown Canyon and Twin Lakes, according to Brian Bollton of the Los Angeles City Fire Department.