The smoke plumes can be seen from space too. Pretty scary stuff.
from the story linked above:
“Officials predicted that the blaze would continue its march toward homes and across hills through the night with flames that could reach as high as 80 feet.
Late Saturday, U.S. Forest Service officials said they were moving “several hundred firefighters” into the Acton area, where they expected the fire to reach this morning.
Forest Service officials said three civilians were burned and airlifted from rural Big Tujunga Canyon, where at least three to five homes were destroyed. One fire official, after surveying the canyon, estimated that the damage toll may be much worse.
No other homes had been lost by early evening as throngs of residents — belongings loaded in cars — descended from the hills.”
I looked out my window early yesterday and could seethe orange flames of this fire. The smoke has been a problem all week.