Reservoir Fire Grows to 2400 Acres, Evacuations Ordered [VIDEO]

ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST, CA — The brush fire near Morris Dam that was started by a fatal car crash and has quickly grown to 2,400 acres and has led to evacuations, officials said.

The cause of the accident was still under investigation and no information was available on the victim, Salcido said.

The fire was rapidly moving uphill in extremely steep terrain with heavy vegetation, Angeles National Forest Fire Chief Robert Garcia said.

In a matter of hours, the fire grew to 1,500 acres. More than 300 firefighters are battling the blaze, which is zero percent contained at this time, he said.

Evacuations were being ordered for Mountain Cove, Rainbow Ranch and Fish Canyon Equestrian Center, Azusa police Lt. Paul Dennis said. Voluntary evacuations were ordered for Mirador and Crystal Canyon areas

"We have personnel monitoring the situation in the areas that have been designated as mandatory evacuation areas" so evacuated residents can have peace of mind about their homes, he said.

Officials have closed the Highway 39 at the entrance to San Gabriel Canyon. Glendora Mountain Road and Glendora Ridge Road were also closed.

Officials are also warning residents in nearby communities such as Bradbury, Glendora and Monrovia to be prepared for evacuation should the wind change directions overnight.

Nearby, the Fish Fire in Duarte started about 90 minutes later and quickly spread to more than 3,000 acres, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. A canyon is preventing the two fires from merging at this point, LACFD Capt. Keith Mora said.

Evacuations were ordered for that fire as well.

Over the weekend, there was another fire near the Burro Canyon Shooting Park. That fire burned five acres and the cause was still under investigation.

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