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Slide Fire (Running Springs, near Lake Arrowhead) still not contained.

Slide Fire updates:

Burning more than 10,000 acres with 5% contained. Already distroyed more than 300 homes. Mandatory evacuation still in effect from Crestline to Snow Valley. More than 15,000 people forced to evacuate. In the west, In the west, the Grass Valley fire had burned 1,000 acres and destroyed 113 homes and businesses, but fire officials said it was 30% contained. About 10 miles east, the Slide fire had burned 4,000 acres and more than 200 homes. Firefighters worried that the wind could blow the fires together.

Ken Larson, a fire behavior analyst with the U.S. Forest Service, said, however, that he thought the worst was over. The winds are expected to shift Thursday and Friday, coming from the west rather than the northeast, increasing humidity levels and reducing the fire threat.

Grass Valley Fire Updates:

LAKE ARROWHEAD – The fire’s western flank has been significantly slowed due to the winds “dying down.” Officials while still concerned with the fire reaching Dart Canyon (Eastern Crestline, Lake Gregory) to the West, they are continuing to watch for spot fires and gas line fires in the burned areas. The Santa Ana Winds have died down and we should return to our usual on-shore flow to cool things down and bring the humidity back up from 12% to normal levels, about 30%. Mandatory evacuation remains in effect from Lake Arrowhead to Crestline. Valley of Enchantment and Cedar Pines Park are still under voluntary evacuation.

Mountains Community Hospital is also being evacuated.

Northeast of Running Springs, in Green Valley Lake, a small mountain town of about 750 people, at least 55 homes surrounding the picturesque alpine lake were destroyed.

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