Could the La Tuna Fire have been knocked down at a few acres?
According to information over the Los Angeles City Fire Department scanner and information posted on its Twitter account, firefighters initally thought the La Tuna Fire was out before it could do any real damage.
But apparently, that was not the case. The fire charred nearly 7,200 acres, destroyed five houses and turned out to be the biggest fire ever in the city of Los Angeles.
Flames broke out around 1:30 p.m. Friday at the start of the Labor Day weekend. The following is the LAFD’s first tweet about the blaze. “1 acre of medium brush burning along the side of the 210 FY,” the tweet said.
Then at 1:51, another tweet said the “Bulk of the fire extinguished, therefore stopping forward progress. No structures threatened Firefighters working to get a hand line fully around the fire.”