Crime & Safety
Firefighters Begin Controlled Burn Intended To Eliminate More Than 2,500 Acres Of Overgrowth In San Bernardino National Forest
Firefighters started a controlled burn intended to torch 2,500 acres of overgrowth in the San Bernardino National Forest on Monday.
June 11, 2024
Firefighters started a controlled burn intended to torch more than 2,500 acres of overgrowth in the San Bernardino National Forest on Monday, which will continue for at least the next week.
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The blaze was started near Anza at around 7 a.m. and is focused on Thomas Mountain, which sits south of Lake Hemet and just west of Highway 74, according to the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service.
"The San Jacinto Ranger District intends to complete approximately 2,500 acres," the agency said on Monday, noting that a similar prescribed burn happened in the summer of 2023 on the 6,825-foot Thomas Mountain.
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A sign informs the public of a prescribed burn being implemented by San Bernardino National Forest fire personnel in the Angelus Oaks area, December 2018. Personnel, information boards and signs might be placed on some roads and other local areas to inform the public of the type of prescribed fire activity/USDA Forest Service/KCAL
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