Big Horn Fire Burns 310 Acres

The wildfire season continued its early start when a wildfire broke out near Bear Flat north of the Mt. Baldy Village yesterday at around 4:30am. The cause of the blaze, known as the Big Horn Fire, is unknown, according the Daily Bulletin's fire coverage.

The Daily Bulletin's website also has a photo gallery and video of the fire.

An interagency website called InciWeb posts updates on fire news and listed the Big Horn Fire as 10% contained. According to InciWeb, 396 firefighters have been committed to the incident and are being supported by helicopters and fixed wing aircraft.

The winds are low, and the temperatures haven't fully heated up yet, so the fire isn't as bad as it could be. Consequently, the growth potential is listed as medium. The steep terrain makes firefighting efforts difficult, but the fire seems to have moved relatively slowly, more like the 2002 Williams Fire than the 2003 Grand Prix-Padua Fire that burned through Palmer Canyon. Under low wind conditions, the Williams Fire hung around the local foothills for days after burning east from Azusa Canyon.

InciWeb lists the projected movement for the Big Horn Fire as southwesterly if predicted weather patterns hold up.