The fire that started on Sept. 6 in the Angeles National Forest near Azusa has now burned 60,557 acres and is 15% contained. There are currently 1,300 personnel assigned to fire.

This is a terrain-driven fire; most of the containment has been done on the southern section of the foothills community.

“We had a significant amount of wind in the valley,” said Andrew Mitchell, ANF spokesman, of the growing fire.

There are structures threatened.

According to Inciweb, evacuation orders have been issued for areas east of Highway 39, south of East Fork Road, west of Glendora Mountain Road and north of Glendora Ridge. Additional evacuation orders are in place for north of Angeles Crest North and between Clear Creek Station and Hwy 39, Juniper Hills, Devils Punchbowl, Paradise Springs and includes the area east of Devils Punch Bowl Road, south of the Big Pines Highway, north of the Big Rock Creek and west of Jackson Lake.

Evacuation warnings remain in effect for the communities of Monrovia, Bradbury, Sierra Madre, Arcadia, Altadena, Duarte and Pasadena. Residents north of Foothill Boulevard and east of Santa Anita Avenue and residents of Wrightwood also remain in a warning.

A virtual Red Cross evacuation center has been established at Santa Anita Park, located at 285 W. Huntington Dr. in Arcadia. Residents are advised to enter through Gate 5. Additionally, an American Red Cross temporary evacuation point (TEP) has been set up at Palmdale High School, located at 2137 E Avenue R in Palmdale. To reach Red Cross LA, call (800) 675-5799.

Today, Sept. 18, firefighters’ primary focus will be to respond to and address the threats to the communities on the north end of the fire. A combination of air and ground resources will work at halting the fire’s forward progress while having structure protection in place. Around Mt. Wilson crews will continue to hold and improve the lines protecting the infrastructure while trying to keep the fire from spreading to the west around the mountain. On the east side firefighters will continue to patrol and pick up any spot fires and will look for opportunities to establish direct control lines to slow the fire’s spread.

In the south crews will continue to mop up and strengthen line around the communities. A virtual community meeting was held last night where fire management provided an update on the Bobcat Fire current situation. A recorded version of the meeting will be posted on closed-captioned on Facebook as well as through the LA County Fire Dept. or City of Monrovia page and Bobcat Inciweb.