All LAUSD Schools Closed on November 1st Due to Fire
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As of 10/31/2019 at 7:00 pm, LAUSD spokesperson Austin Beutner announced that due to the many fires across Socal, all LAUSD schools and independent charter schools are required to be closed on November 1st.
By early afternoon, firefighters said they had reached 50 containment, after the blaze had forced mandatory evacuations and ravaged a number of homes.
The evacuation orders were being lifted as of 6 p.m.
San Bernardino County firefighters first responded to the area of Highway 18 at Lower Waterman Canyon at about 1:38 a.m. as strong winds carried the flames amid extreme red flag conditions.
The Hillside Fire spread rapidly amid strong Santa Ana winds, reaching 200 acres by about 2:30 a.m., officials said.
Six homes were destroyed and 18 were damaged.
"You look up the hill and its barreling over the water tanks," said homeowner Eric Johnson. "The embers were flying. Everything was going south really quick."
Johnson knew how lucky he was that his residence escaped the flames, even as some of his neighbors suffered damage. He had lost a home to fire in Running Springs in 2007.
By 1 p.m., the size estimate remained steady at 200 acres. Crews remained on-scene performing mop-up duties and looking for hotspots.
One firefighter was transported to a local hospital for smoke inhalation.
Evacuation orders were issued earlier as the fire threatened the North Park neighborhood. Mandatory evacuations were declared in areas for all homes north of 50th Street, west of Highway 18, and east of Mayfield Avenue.
Highway 18 had been shut down from Waterman Canyon and 40th Street to the SR-18/SR-138 split .
Officials said the highway was reopening in both directions as of 1:30 p.m.
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