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The Lidia Fire, a brush fire, broke out near the Antelope Valley on Wednesday, between the Soledad Canyon Road and Bootleggers Canyon. The structure-threatening inferno rapidly spread across 350 acres before firefighters halted its progress at around 6:30 p.m.
Per KTLA, 40% of the flames have been put out, the Angeles National Forest Service has revealed. The fires were first reported at around 2:10 p.m. on the 5700 block of Soledad Canyon Road, and by the next hour, it had already spread by 50 acres. Patch reports that the Lidia Fire is now the fifth largest brush fire to break out in the LA County in the last 25 hours alone.
Here's all we know about the life-threatening Lidia Fire as officials urge residents to evacuate ASAP
Given the raging behavior of the Lidia Fire, Metrolink has halted all services in the area, specifically on the Antelope Valley line which falls between the Vista Canyon and Lancaster. The official California Fire website has issued an order for all residents in the area to "LEAVE NOW," as "the area is lawfully closed to public access," citing the "immediate threat to life."
The Lidia Fire continues to rage on as the firefighting resources are dwindling and the access to water in the region is burdened by other fires raging in the area, all of which are intensifying due to the Santa Ana Wind.
At the time of writing, fire crews from both the Los Angeles County and the U.S. Forest Service have been deployed, while structure-protection units have already been put in place. Per KTLA5, the crews have made “great progress" with the help of aircraft, officials have revealed.
The Lidia Fire is one of three burning in Los Angeles County, right alongside the Palisades Fire raging in coastal L.A., the Hurst Fire blazing in the San Fernando Valley and the Eaton Fire threatening Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley. Apart from the first, all of these flames continue to burn without being contained.
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The official California Fire website states that at the time of writing, the status of the fire remains the same, with 40% of it being contained within the 348 acres in LA County. As for the cause of the fire, it remains unclear, though investigations are underway.
The Soledad Canyon Road between Agua Dulce Canyon Road and Crown Valley Road has been closed down, and the official website also states that "Forward progress has been stopped on this brush fire. Firefighters are working hard to gain additional containment. CAL FIRE air resources are assigned."
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