[pct-l] MUD FLOWS IN anf

[canoeman at qnet.com]

I guess this is another reason why hikers should stay out of the San Gabriel
mountain staion fire area.

from the los angeles timers article tonight.

"Firefighters worked today to rescue people from 90 vehicles stuck in the mud
along a 12-mile stretch of Angeles Crest Highway as the National Weather
Service issued a flash-flood warning for the Station fire burn area in the San
Gabriel Mountains.

Local law enforcement officials reported flash flooding with mud and debris flow
on Angeles Crest Highway about eight miles north of the 210 Freeway.

[Updated at 5:50 p.m.: Firefighters were able to extricate all but 20 of the 90
stranded cars, authorities said.

The remaining 20 cars, mostly near Newcomb’s Ranch restaurant, were abandoned as
firefighters, mostly on foot, rescued the occupants, L.A. County fire officials
said.]

At 3:15 p.m., firefighters responded to reports of scattered vehicles caught in
mud flows between mile markers 27 and 39 on the highway, said Capt. Frank
Reynoso of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

The road was closed earlier as a rainstorm bore down on the area, but some
motorists made it through just before mud descended from the wildfire-denuded
mountains, making stretches of the highway impassable.

“We are in process of completely sealing it off,” Reynoso said. No injuries had
been reported.

Eighty-five firefighters were dispatched to the stuck vehicles while law
enforcement officials directed traffic away from the area, Reynoso said."

canoeman