Lake Fire

Homeowners recovering from last year’s Lake and Bobcat fires have less than a week left to take advantage of a free debris removal program.

Eliana Moreno shows a look at Mount Wilson and the communication towers that are under threat from the Bobcat Fire on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020.

Smoke advisories were extended through Saturday for the 29,365-acre Lake Fire burning near Lake Hughes, but some residents were able to return home following repopulation efforts in the northeast part of Lake Hughes. On Friday evening and Saturday morning, winds were expected to push smoke east toward the San Gabriel Mountains and San Bernardino Mountains, as well as south and…

Firefighters overnight continued to improve containment lines around a wildfire near Lake Hughes that has consumed 18,526 acres since Wednesday, but were bracing for temperatures forecast to be inexcess of 100 degrees Monday. As of 8 a.m., the containment figure for the Lake Fire was listed at 31%, up from 12% on Sunday, Cal Fire reported. Full containment is not expected…

Officials revised the number of acres burned in a fire near Lake Hughes Saturday from 17,842 to 14,714 and attributed the change to better mapping.