Monday on the fire line | Photo: L.A. County Fire Dept.
Tuesday opens with 60 percent containment on the Powerhouse Fire, which had consumed 32,008 acres by Monday night and damaged 15 homes, destroying six.
As of Monday at 8 p.m., the cost of the fire was pegged at $7.9 million. FEMA is picking up 75 percent of the tab.
The fire started Thursday afternoon near the LADWP’s Power House 1, where a DWP worker was first to report it. From there it spread quickly north, threatening Green Valley and ravaging the Hughes and Elizabeth Lake communities.
Antelope Acres in Lancaster, immediately north of Lake Hughes, remained under mandatory evacuation Monday night, but Hughes and Elizabeth Lake residents, as well as those in Leona Valley and Green Valley, were allowed back to reach their homes via roads that remained closed to outsiders (see list).
Power outages continued to affect residents along Pine Canyon Road – where fire crews put up a fight Monday to contain the flames – and in other affected areas where the fire knocked down power lines Saturday night (see map).
Returning evacuees were warned to consider any fallen power lines as live, and to boil their water before drinking it (see advisory).
Outage map, Monday 6:30 p.m. | Click to enlarge
$8 Mil. Powerhouse Fire 60% Contained
