San Fernando Valley’s Saddleridge fire is 95% contained
San Fernando Valley’s Saddleridge fire is 95% contained
by City News Service
PORTER RANCH — The Saddleridge Fire that broke out in the northern San Fernando Valley was 95% contained Tuesday morning, with about 8,800 acres burned, officials said.
The blaze destroyed 19 structures and damaged 88 more after erupting the night of Oct. 10 off the westbound 210 Freeway near Yarnell Street and Saddleridge Road in Sylmar.
The fire quickly spread due to wind-blown embers that jumped the 5 Freeway spreading flames into Granada Hills and Porter Ranch. At the height of the fire, an estimated 100,000 residents were under mandatory evacuation orders, all since lifted.
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Housing at the “Legends at Cascades” escaped damage from the Saddleridge fire, but is surrounded by charred landscape Wednesday, October 16, 2019. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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Housing at the “Legends at Cascades” escaped damage from the Saddleridge fire, but is surrounded by charred landscape Wednesday, October 16, 2019. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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Foothill Blvd in Sylmar remained closed Wednesday as DWP crews continue to make repairs to damaged equipment from the Saddleridge fire Wednesday, October 16, 2019. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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Foothill Blvd in Sylmar remained closed Wednesday as DWP crews continue to make repairs to damaged equipment from the Saddleridge fire Wednesday, October 16, 2019. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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A helicopter picks up water at the Van Norman Reservoir to drop on hot spots on the Saddleridge fire along the I-5 freeway in Sylmar, CA Wednesday, October 16, 2019. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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A water dropping helicopter flies past charred landscape from the Saddleridge fire along Foothill Blvd in Sylmar, CA Wednesday, October 16, 2019. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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A helicopter makes a water drop over hot spots on the Saddleridge fire along the I-5 freeway in Sylmar, CA Wednesday, October 16, 2019. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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Flyers for construction and rental information are left on Monday, October 14, 2019, at a red tagged home destroyed by the Saddleridge fire on Beaufait Avenue in Porter Ranch. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
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The shell of a door still hangs on Monday, October 14, 2019, at a home destroyed by the Saddleridge fire on Beaufait Avenue in Porter Ranch. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
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Celco Construction repairs Christine Demiral’s water-damaged home on Beaufait Avenue in Porter Ranch on Monday, October 14, 2019. The home was water damaged after the attic caught fire during the Saddleridge fire. The previous home burned down in a 2008 fire. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
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Christine Demiral’s home on Beaufait Avenue in Porter Ranch seen on Monday, October 14, 2019, was water damaged in the Saddleridge fire after the attic caught fire. The previous home burned down in a 2008 fire. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
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A picture hangs on the porch on Monday, October 14, 2019, at a home destroyed by the Saddleridge fire on Beaufait Avenue in Porter Ranch. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
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Christine Demiral gathers clothes for her children on Monday, October 14, 2019, at her home on Beaufait Avenue in Porter Ranch, which was water damaged in the Saddleridge fire after the attic caught fire. The previous home burned down in a 2008 fire. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
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Red Cross volunteer Tony Sapien looks on Monday, October 14, 2019, for residents at a Beaufait Avenue home in Porter Ranch that was destroyed by the Saddleridge fire. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
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Eyed Jarjour, left, comforts a neighbor who lost her Jolette Ave. home to the Saddleridge Fire on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, in Granada Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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Homes sit on a ridge in the Porter Ranch area on Friday, October, 11, 2019 after the Saddleridge fire burned 4,700 acres during Santa Ana wind conditions. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
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Judy Webber has her Beaufait Avenue fire damaged home in Porter Ranch boarded up on Friday, October, 11, 2019 after the Saddleridge fire burned 7,500 acres during Santa Ana wind conditions. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
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A burned home on Beaufait Avenue in Porter Ranch on Friday, October, 11, 2019 after the Saddleridge fire burned 4,700 acres during Santa Ana wind conditions. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
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Sarah Sidharta walks along Beaufait Avenue in Porter Ranch after the Saddleridge fire burned homes on her parent’s street on Friday, October, 11, 2019. The Sidhartas lost and rebuilt their home in the 1988 fire. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
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Hillsides between homes in Porter Ranch are left charred on Friday, October, 11, 2019 after the Saddleridge fire burned through 4,700 acres during Santa Ana wind conditions. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
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Orange County firefighters work hot spots at Porter Ranch Estates on Friday, October, 11, 2019 after the Saddleridge fire burned through 4,700 acres during Santa Ana wind conditions. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
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Orange County firefighters work hot spots at Porter Ranch Estates on Friday, October, 11, 2019 after the Saddleridge fire burned through 4,700 acres during Santa Ana wind conditions. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
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Flying embers from the wind driven Saddleridge fire fill the night sky in the early morning hours Friday, October 11, 2019 in Porter Ranch. (Photo by Gene Blevins, Contributing Photographer)
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Local residents try to to fight the wind driven Saddleridge fire with a garden hose in the early morning hours Friday, October 11, 2019 in Porter Ranch. (Photo by Gene Blevins, Contributing Photographer)
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Local residents try to to fight the wind driven Saddleridge fire with a garden hose in the early morning hours Friday, October 11, 2019 in Porter Ranch. (Photo by Gene Blevins, Contributing Photographer)
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A home burns on Darby Ave. early Friday morning during the Saddleridge Fire. (Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
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Flames from the Saddleridge fire burn just north of gated communities and a shopping center in Porter Ranch early Friday, Oct. 11 (Eric Licas, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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A home burns on Laughton Way as the Saddleridge fire burns into Porter Ranch Friday morning. (Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
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A neighbor thanks a firefighter for their efforts where two homes at the end of the street were destroyed by the Saddleridge fire. Santa Ana wind driven flames destroyed this home on Jolette Ave. in Granada Hills, CA. on Friday, October 11, 2019. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG
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A skycrane makes a water drop on flames during between homes in Porter Ranch, seen from Tampa Ave., on Friday morning, October 11, 2019. Strong Santa Ana winds from the Saddleridge fire quickly pushed the Saddleridge fire into the area overnight. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG
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Miles of trucks wait along the I-5 freeway in Newhall, CA as the major roadway leading into Los Angeles remains closed as firefighters battle the Saddleridge fire which has burned more than 4,600 acres, damaged more 20 home and lead to the death of a man trying to save his home Friday October 11, 2019. (Photo by David Crane, /Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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A fire patrol keeps an eye on a flareup along Yarnell Street in Sylmar early Friday morning. The fast, wind-driven Saddleridge fire spread rapidly from Sylmar to Porter Ranch. (Photo by David Crane, /Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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GRANADA HILLS, CA – OCTOBER 10: A firefighter cuts though a fence to gain access to the Saddle Ridge fire along Yarnell Street in Sylmar early Friday morning. The fast wind-driven Saddleridge Fire spread rapidly from Sylmar to Porter Ranch late Thursday and early Friday morning October 11, 2019 destroying at least three homes. (Photo by David Crane, /Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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Firefighters recoil from smoke and heat from a fully engulfed house on Jolette Way in Granda Hills North early Friday morning. The fast wind-driven Saddleridge Fire spread rapidly from Sylmar to Porter Ranch late Thursday and early Friday morning October 11, 2019 destroying at least three homes. (Photo by David Crane, /Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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Flying embers from the wind driven Saddleridge fire fill the night sky in the early morning hours Friday, October 11, 2019 in Porter Ranch. (Photo by Gene Blevins, Contributing Photographer)
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Firefighters battle a wind driven Saddleridge Fire, in the early morning hours Friday, October 11, 2019 in Porter Ranch. (Photo by Gene Blevins, Contributing Photographer)
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Local residents try to to fight the wind driven Saddleridge fire with a garden hose in the early morning hours Friday, October 11, 2019 in Porter Ranch. (Photo by Gene Blevins, Contributing Photographer)
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A home burns on Darby Avenue early Friday morning during the Saddleridge fire. (Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
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Local residents try to to fight the wind driven Saddleridge fire with a garden hose in the early morning hours Friday, October 11, 2019 in Porter Ranch. (Photo by Gene Blevins, Contributing Photographer)
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Flames surround the entrance to the Aliso Canyon natural gas facility in Porter Ranch Friday morning during the Saddleridge fire. (Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
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The Saddleridge Fire burns near State Route 14 in Newhall, Friday, October 11, 2019. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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A Super Scooper makes a drop on the Saddleridge Fire near State Route 14 in Newhall, Friday, October 11, 2019. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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A fixed wing aircraft makes a drop on the Saddleridge Fire near State Route 14 in Newhall, Friday, October 11, 2019. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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A fixed wing aircraft makes a drop on the Saddleridge Fire in Newhall, Friday, October 11, 2019. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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A fixed wing aircraft makes a drop on the Saddleridge Fire in Newhall, Friday, October 11, 2019. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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A Super Scooper makes a drop on the Saddleridge Fire near State Route 14 in Newhall, Friday, October 11, 2019. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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A Super Scooper makes a drop on the Saddleridge Fire near State Route 14 in Newhall, Friday, October 11, 2019. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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A helicopter makes a drop on the Saddleridge Fire near State Route 14 in Newhall, Friday, October 11, 2019. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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A Super Scooper makes a drop on the Saddleridge Fire near State Route 14 in Newhall, Friday, October 11, 2019. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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A Super Scooper makes a drop on the Saddleridge Fire near State Route 14 in Newhall, Friday, October 11, 2019. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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A Super Scooper makes a drop on the Saddleridge Fire near State Route 14 in Newhall, Friday, October 11, 2019. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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A fixed wing aircraft makes a drop on the Saddleridge Fire near State Route 14 in Newhall, Friday, October 11, 2019. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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Firefighters battle the Saddleridge Fire Friday morning in Porter Ranch.(photo by Andy Holzman).
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A home burns on Darby Ave. early Friday morning during the Saddleridge Fire.(photo by Andy Holzman).
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A firefighters pulls hose as the Saddleridge Fire burns in the Porter Ranch area Friday morning.(photo by Andy Holzman).
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Flames surround the entrance to the Aliso Canyon natural gas facility in Porter Ranch Friday morning during the Saddleridge Fire. (Photo by Andy Holzman)
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A house is engulfed in flames as the Saddleridge Fire burns in Porter Ranch Friday morning.(photo by Andy Holzman).
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Firefighters look on as a home burns on Darby Ave. as the Saddleridge Fire burns into the Porter Ranch area early Friday morning.(photo by Andy Holzman).
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Firefighters keep watch on two homes that burned at the end of Jolette Avenue in Granada Hills in the Saddleridge fire on Friday, Oct, 11, 2019. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
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Hot spots burn on the backside of Porter Ranch Estates during wind gusts as the Saddleridge fire moves west into Porter Ranch on Friday, November, 11, 2019 after burning 4,700 acres during Santa Ana wind conditions. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
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Hot spots burn on the backside of Porter Ranch Estates during wind gusts as the Saddleridge fire moves west into Porter Ranch on Friday, Oct., 11, 2019 after burning 4,700 acres during Santa Ana wind conditions. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
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Hot spots burn along Tampa Avenue in Northridge as the Saddleridge fire moves towards Porter Ranch on Friday, November, 11, 2019 after burning 4,700 acres during Santa Ana wind conditions. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
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Super scoopers make drops on the Saddleridge fire in Placerita Canyon near Newhall. The fire has burned more than 4,600 acres, damaged more 20 home and lead to the death of a man trying to save his home Friday October 11, 2019.(Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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Miles of trucks wait along the I-5 freeway in Newhall, CA as the major roadway leading into Los Angeles remains closed as firefighters battle the Saddleridge fire which has burned more than 4,600 acres, damaged more 20 home and lead to the death of a man trying to save his home Friday October 11, 2019.(Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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Firefighters put water on flames along Yarnell Street in Sylmar early Friday morning. The fast wind-driven fire spread rapidly from Sylmar to Porter Ranch late Thursday and early Friday morning October 11, 2019 destroying at least three homes. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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The fast wind-driven Saddleridge Fire destroyed a home on Jolette Way in Granada Hills, early Friday morning, Oct. 11, 2019 (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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Sparks whip past a no trespassing sign as flames from the Saddleridge fire threaten homes early Friday, Oct. 11 (Eric Licas, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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A firefighter sprays water while battling the Saddleridge fire in Porter Ranch early Friday, Oct. 11 (Eric Licas, Los Angeles Daily News, SCNG).
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Crews from the Orange County Fire Authority help battle the Saddleridge fire burning in Los Angeles County’s San Fernando Valley early Friday, Oct. 11 (Eric Licas, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG).
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Firefighters fight a wind driven fire in Sylmar, CA., on October 10, 2019. (Photo by Jacob Salzman)
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Firefighters fight a wind driven fire in Sylmar, CA., on October 10, 2019. (Photo by Jacob Salzman)
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Firefighters fight a wind driven fire in Sylmar, CA., on October 10, 2019. (Photo by Jacob Salzman)
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Firefighters fight a wind driven fire in Sylmar, CA., on October 10, 2019. (Photo by Mike Meadows)
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Firefighters fight a wind driven fire in Sylmar, CA., on October 10, 2019. (Photo by Jacob Salzman)
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Flames from the Saddleridge fire burn just north of gated communities and a shopping center in Porter Ranch early Friday, Oct. 11 (Eric Licas, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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Flames from the Saddleridge fire burn just north of gated communities and a shopping center in Porter Ranch early Friday, Oct. 11 (Eric Licas, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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Flames burn along the hills north of Sesnon Blvd Friday morning. The fast wind-driven fire spread rapidly from Sylmar to Porter Ranch late Thursday and early Friday morning October 11, 2019 destroying at least three homes. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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Flames surround the hillsides along the empty I-5 and 14 freeways early Friday morning. The fast wind-driven fire spread rapidly from Sylmar to Porter Ranch late Thursday and early Friday morning October 11, 2019 destroying at least three homes. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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A fire patrol keeps an eye on a flare-up along Yarnell Street in Sylmar early Friday morning. The fast wind-driven fire spread rapidly from Sylmar to Porter Ranch late Thursday and early Friday morning October 11, 2019 destroying at least three homes. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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Flames burn very close to a truck along Yarnell street in Sylmar early Friday morning. The fast wind-driven fire spread rapidly from Sylmar to Porter Ranch late Thursday and early Friday morning October 11, 2019 destroying at least three homes. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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Flames shoot from the front of a house on Jolette Way in Granda Hills North early Friday morning. The fast wind-driven fire spread rapidly from Sylmar to Porter Ranch late Thursday and early Friday morning October 11, 2019 destroying at least three homes. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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A house burns to the ground on Jolette Way in Granda Hills North early Friday morning. The fast wind-driven fire spread rapidly from Sylmar to Porter Ranch late Thursday and early Friday morning October 11, 2019 destroying at least three homes. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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A firefighter puts water on a fully engulfed house on Jolette Way in Granda Hills North early Friday morning. The fast wind-driven fire spread rapidly from Sylmar to Porter Ranch late Thursday and early Friday morning October 11, 2019 destroying at least three homes. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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Flames burn along the hills north of Sesnon Blvd Friday morning. The fast wind-driven fire spread rapidly from Sylmar to Porter Ranch late Thursday and early Friday morning October 11, 2019 destroying at least three homes. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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Firefighters put water on flames along Yarnell Street in Sylmar early Friday morning. The fast wind-driven fire spread rapidly from Sylmar to Porter Ranch late Thursday and early Friday morning October 11, 2019 destroying at least three homes. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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A house burns to the ground on Jolette Way in Granda Hills North early Friday morning. The fast wind-driven fire spread rapidly from Sylmar to Porter Ranch late Thursday and early Friday morning October 11, 2019 destroying at least three homes. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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Flames burn very close to a truck along Yarnell street in Sylmar early Friday morning. The fast wind-driven fire spread rapidly from Sylmar to Porter Ranch late Thursday and early Friday morning October 11, 2019 destroying at least three homes. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
The cause remained undetermined, but the point of origin was identified by Los Angeles Fire Department arson investigators as a 50-by-70-foot area beneath a Southern California Edison high-voltage transmission tower near Saddleridge Road, officials said.
PACIFIC PALISADES FIRE: Evacuations lifted as fire crews save homes
A Porter Ranch resident, identified by neighbors as 54-year-old Aiman Elsabbagh, died of a heart attack Oct. 11 while trying to protect his home from the fire. LAFD Chief Ralph Terrazas said the man was speaking to firefighters when he went into cardiac arrest, and he later died at a hospital.
Los Angeles Park Ranger Capt. Alberto Torres, 67, also suffered a heart attack Oct. 11 at Ranger Headquarters at the Griffith Park Visitor Center, at 4730 Crystal Springs Drive and died the next morning at a hospital.
Torres — a ranger for more than 40 years — had been patrolling the parks impacted by the fire.
Eight firefighters suffered minor injuries, including one with an eye injury, fire officials said.
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