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Location: San Bernardino County, CA                                                         Start Date: September 5, 2024

Size: 43,978 acres                                                                                         Percent Contained: 94%

Cause: Human                                                                                               Personnel: 475

CURRENT SITUATION:

Contingency lines around the Line Fire have been tested this last week by strong winds, but thanks to the hard work of firefighters and fire management personnel to date, lines have held well and have not been compromised. Yesterday, an interior pocket of smoke from a smoldering tree was mitigated by air resources. Line improvement and line backhaul activities will consume a great deal of firefighters’ time the next few days, along with suppression repair on roads, drainages, corridors and dozer lines. Resource advisors are lending expertise and monitoring rehabilitation efforts around and within the perimeter of the fire.

Smoke will still be visible well within the interior of the fire where difficult terrain has made access difficult. Aircraft will still be actively dropping water today, and will be available to support any new starts. Fire danger is still very high—fire danger indices are higher now than when the Line Fire started on September 5, and any new starts will be resistant to initial attack. The public is asked to be extremely diligent, firewise, and fire aware. With the influx of thousands of extra visitors into the area for a foot race and festival and the start of modern gun hunting season, overnight patrol crews will be staffed strategically around the fire perimeter through the weekend.

A debris flow task force is being assembled that will be comprised of federal, state and county cooperators. This task force will focus primary on post-burn threats to communities during a run-off event in the coming months. Future messaging for the Line Fire will include more information about debris flow and provide information to residents about how to prepare for and protect homes and properties from potential devastation.

WEATHER:

Higher humidity and lower temperatures will further aid containment progression. No growth is expected, thanks to calm winds and higher relative humidity recoveries. 

CLOSURES:

San Bernardino National Forest has issued closures for areas surrounding the Line Fire. For more information and to see the map use this link -  https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/sbnf/?cid=FSEPRD1181411. 

Highway 330 remains closed from Highland Avenue to Highway 18 as CalTrans performs repairs to the road and guardrails. 

EVACUATIONS: 

There are currently no evacuation warnings or orders for communities in or around the Line Fire.