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More than 1,700 firefighters continued to patrol the area in Sylmar stricken by the Creek Fire and improve lines of cleared vegetation now about 85 percent of the fire zone, authorities said Saturday.
The wind-driven Creek Fire, broke out at 3:42 a.m. Tuesday.
A Red Flag warning continued through 8 p.m. Sunday.
On Friday, all evacuation orders were lifted at 6 p.m. and parking restrictions were lifted at 8 a.m.
All roads have re-opened, except in the Santiago Estates mobile home park and Little Tujunga Canyon from the Middle Ranch equestrian facility to Live Oak Campground, which is only open to residents, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The fire has destroyed 60 homes and 54 outbuildings, damaged another 45 homes and 25 outbuildings and scorched 15,619 acres, Cal Fire reported.
Currently, 2,500 structures continue to be threatened.
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Three firefighters suffered minor injuries Tuesday.
Virginia Padilla, whose family owns a ranch in Sylmar, told reporters the fire killed at least 30 of the ranch's horses. Padilla said she and her family were able to get out of her home just in time Tuesday morning but were not able to take their horses with them.
Evacuation orders first issued Tuesday affected about 150,000 households citywide, according to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who said "thousands upon thousands of homes" had been protected over the past few days.
All Los Angeles Unified School District schools in the San Fernando Valley and some on Los Angeles' Westside — a total of 265 district schools and charter schools -- were closed Friday. They will re-open on Monday, when the blaze is expected to be fully contained, Cal Fire said.
