Oct. 10 Kings Fire in Brisbane

Thankfully, yesterday's wind conditions were extremely mild at no more than 10 mph when a fire broke out on San Bruno Mountain at 10:50am.  As we watch the headlines coming out of Southern California, strong Santa Ana winds have resulted in a much different result after a fire broke out last night in Sylmar, the northernmost neighborhood of Los Angeles, which at the time of this posting, has burned 7.3 sq. miles and is 0% contained.

Named the "Kings Fire" by the Incident Commander, it burned 11 acres (about 8 football fields) and was quickly contained due to the firefighters that came from as far as Santa Cruz County Fire Dept. to help fight the grassfire, in addition to crews from North County Fire Authority, with Station 81 first on scene.  They all worked together extremely quickly to form two firebreaks which prevented the fire from spreading.



The request for a voluntary evacuation for upper streets was lifted by 1pm, with all roadways open by 2:30pm.  Two engines remained on-site last night to patrol the area.  There were no injuries to firefighters and no structures were affected from the fire.  The cause of the fire is still under investigation by CAL FIRE.

NCFA reminds residents to have home emergency kits available and be prepared for evacuation if needed.  Learn more at www.ready.gov/wildfires.  

Please get yourself signed up for SMCAlert if you haven't already done so: www.smcalert.info.  The City used this alerting system yesterday as well as social media to send a series of alerts in order to keep the community informed.  You may register up to five addresses in SMCAlert such as your home, work, child's school, or a relative's residence.  You may also register for SMS texts only by texting the zip code (i.e. "94005") to 888-777.

Click here to see a collection of photos from yesterday's incident which Councilmember Cunningham captured and shared with us.

Thank you to all who worked hard to keep our city safe!