Crime & Safety
Southern California Firefighters Team up to Battle the Eagle Fire
A helicopter base and command post are set up in the Warner Springs area to fight the 4,000-acre brush fire.
Fire agencies from all over Southern California are assembling in the Warner Springs area Saturday to continue to battle the 4,000-acre which began Thursday night.
The fire was reported early Saturday to be 30 percent contained. On Friday afternoon, CalFire reported it had moved eastward down into the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and Bureau of Indian Affairs lands.
The blaze erupted on Los Coyotes Indian Reservation in an area leased to a private company that provides the space for military and government training exercises. A guard shack was consumed in the flames. The company is ERTC, formerly known as Eagle Rock Training Center.
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