Wildfire near Los Angeles ruins tourists' plans
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A fire engine pulls away as firefighters fight a wildfire in the Angeles National Forest north of Glendora, Calif. Monday, Sept 3, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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A firefighting helicopter drops water on a wildfire in the Angeles National Forest north of Glendora, Calif., Monday, Sept 3, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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A plume of thick smoke rises from the hills above San Gabriel mountains in the Angeles National Forest, California, along Highway 39 on Azusa Canyon, Sept 2, 2012. Evacuations have been ordered in the surrounding areas as a brush fire has burned more than 3,600 acres with only 5 percent containment as of 9:00 pm (PST), according to the Angeles National Forest Department. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A hand crew looks on from a burnt hillside as firefighters fight a wildfire in the Angeles National Forest north of Glendora, Calif., Monday, Sept 3, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Firefighters look on as they fight a wildfire in the Angeles National Forest north of Glendora, Calif. Monday, Sept 3, 2012. A day after the wildfire broke out near a campground and forced the evacuation of thousands of campers and picnickers it had grown to more than 4,100 acres, or roughly 6 square miles, and was just five percent contained. -- PHOTO: AP
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In this Sunday, Sept 2, 2012 photo, a DC-10 tanker drops fire retardant on a ridge line at fire above East Fork Rd. near Glendora, Calif., in the Angeles National Forest. -- PHOTO: AP
A fire engine pulls away as firefighters fight a wildfire in the Angeles National Forest north of Glendora, Calif. Monday, Sept 3, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
A firefighting helicopter drops water on a wildfire in the Angeles National Forest north of Glendora, Calif., Monday, Sept 3, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
A plume of thick smoke rises from the hills above San Gabriel mountains in the Angeles National Forest, California, along Highway 39 on Azusa Canyon, Sept 2, 2012. Evacuations have been ordered in the surrounding areas as a brush fire has burned more than 3,600 acres with only 5 percent containment as of 9:00 pm (PST), according to the Angeles National Forest Department. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A hand crew looks on from a burnt hillside as firefighters fight a wildfire in the Angeles National Forest north of Glendora, Calif., Monday, Sept 3, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Firefighters look on as they fight a wildfire in the Angeles National Forest north of Glendora, Calif. Monday, Sept 3, 2012. A day after the wildfire broke out near a campground and forced the evacuation of thousands of campers and picnickers it had grown to more than 4,100 acres, or roughly 6 square miles, and was just five percent contained. -- PHOTO: AP
In this Sunday, Sept 2, 2012 photo, a DC-10 tanker drops fire retardant on a ridge line at fire above East Fork Rd. near Glendora, Calif., in the Angeles National Forest. -- PHOTO: AP
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Around 700 firefighters were on Monday battling a wildfire near Los Angeles that forced the evacuation of hundreds of tourists camping over the holiday weekend, officials said.
The fire at the Angeles National Forest has consumed 1,600ha and was just five per cent contained, according to the inter-agency information management system InciWeb.
The rest was burning uncontrollably.
Evacuations were ordered for the entire San Gabriel Canyon, which usually sees 10,000 to 12,000 visitors during an average holiday weekend, such as the one ending on Monday with Labour Day.
