![]() He said area video cameras showed plenty of moisture before the work began. They immediately responded to the fire, he said. Judy said forest crews were at the site with the Marine personnel, deep in the forest below Santiago Peak, which straddles the boundary between Orange and Riverside counties, in case of any problems. "I think it is not responsible to be using explosives when the dew point is low and it is so very dry outside," she said late Wednesday. "My gosh, they're the Forest Service, they should be monitoring this stuff, and knowing what's safe and unsafe. Leslee Riddell, president of the Trabuco Holy Jim Cabin Owners Improvement Association, said she and three dozen recreational cabin owners were ordered by Forest Service officials to leave the heavily wooded, brushy area by Sunday night, ahead of a planned operation using explosives to demolish small dam structures built decades ago. Judy responded that the law enforcement officers "are based in the Cleveland National Forest, but they report to our Washington, D.C. Upset residents, hikers and mountain bikers questioned the timing of the blasts on a hot, dry day, and whether forest investigators should be probing work approved by their superiors. More than an inch of rain was forecast in the area for Thursday night. While no homes were threatened, area residents said they fear coming rains on the freshly burned steep slopes could unleash disastrous debris flows onto their cabins below. "There was a crew working in the area yesterday, but the fire is still under investigation," said Nathan Judy, spokesperson for the Cleveland National Forest. "Forest Service law enforcement will be headed into that area to do the investigation." ![]() Marine engineers from Camp Pendleton were in the area using explosives to demolish old dams, authorities said, as part of a long-running project to restore creek habitat for steelhead trout.Ī towering cloud of smoke and ash that blotted out large stretches of skyWednesday afternoon was visible in four counties. the day before in the Holy Jim Canyon area. The Jim Fire had spread to 553 acres and was 15% contained as of Thursday morning. It began about 11:20 a.m. Marines were blasting explosives in the Cleveland National Forest near the site of a wildfire that broke out Wednesday morning southeast of Los Angeles, military and forest officials said Thursday. The cause of the blaze, dubbed the Jim Fire, is under investigation.Ī second blaze, the San Juan Fire, that sparked in the forest Thursday was quickly brought under control, but the Ortega Highway was closed in both directions as crews and air tankers fought two blazes on a dry, gusty day.
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