Photos: California Saddleridge Fire

The Saddleridge fire started on the 10th at 9:03 P.M.

 

Firefighters recoil from smoke and heat from a fully engulfed house on Jolette Way in Granada Hills North, Calif., early Friday morning, Oct. 11, 2019. (David Crane/The Orange County Register via AP)

 

It is located near Yarnell Road exit off Interstate 210. As of 8:30 am, the fire is 4,700 acres with 0% containment. Angeles National Forest is in unified command with Los Angeles city and county fire departments.

Jerry Rowe uses a garden hose to save his home on Beaufait Avenue from the Saddleridge fire in Granada Hills, Calif., Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)

Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore tells resident Jerry Rowe that firefighters are coming after the roof of Rowe’s home caught fire from the Saddleridge fire in Granada Hills, Calif., Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)

The Saddleridge fire flares up near a firefighter in Sylmar, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)

In this Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 photo, Los Angeles City firefighters battle the Saddleridge fire near homes in Sylmar, Calif. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)

In this Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 photo, a firefighter waits for water as the Saddleridge fire flares up near homes in Sylmar, Calif. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)

A helicopter drops water while battling the Saddleridge fire in Porter Ranch, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

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The Saddleridge fire started on the 10th at 9:03 P.M.     It is located near Yarnell Road exit off Interstate 210. As of 8:30 am, the fire is 4,700 acres with 0% containment. Angeles National Forest is in unified command with Los Angeles city and county fire departments. See also  Open Space Patrols Begin […]

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