Fire Burns 12 Acres in Lytle Creek Canyon
Incident: Lytle Wildfire
Released: 6/24/2012
US Forest Service
San Bernardino National Forest
602 S. Tippecanoe Ave.
San Bernardino, CA 92408
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Bob Poole 909-553-2876
Fire Burns 12 Acres in Lytle Creek Canyon
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., June 24, 2012 - Firefighters quickly suppressed a wind driven wildland fire in Lytle Creek canyon Sunday afternoon. The fire was reported at 4:56 p.m. near Sheep Canyon Road, north of the community.
Two hundred firefighters from the U.S. Forest Service, San Bernardino County Fire Department, CalFire and the Bureau of Land Management responded, taking immediate, aggressive and decisive actions to hold the fire to 12 acres. The fire burned in heavy chaparral in rocky, steep terrain and burnt into a US Forest Service fuels reduction project, which greatly helped slow the spread of the fire. During the height of the firefight, five residences were temporarily evacuated in Happy Jack, a community in Lytle Creek canyon, and Lytle Creek Road was closed north of Sheep Canyon.
Firefighters will be improving fire lines throughout the evening with full containment expected at 6:00 a.m., and full control expected on Tuesday June 26 at 6:00 a.m.
U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement Investigators are working to determine the exact cause of the blaze. Anyone with any information is requested to please call the US Forest Service at (909) 383-5654.
Fire Information is available at www.inciweb.organd you can follow the San Bernardino National Forest on Twitter at https://twitter.com/SanBernardinoNF
About the U.S. Forest Service, San Bernardino National Forest:
The San Bernardino National Forest is comprised of three Ranger Districts spanning 676,666 acres in San Bernardino and Riverside counties. From the desert floor to the pristine mountain peaks, the San Bernardino National Forest offers natural environments, spectacular scenery, developed campgrounds and picnic areas, numerous recreational opportunities, and the solitude of quiet wilderness and open space for the over 24 million residents of Southern California and those visiting the area. The forest environment also provides habitat for numerous plants and animals and is crucial in sustaining drinking water, air, and soil quality.
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