Officials on Thursday issued mandatory evacuation orders as the ranch fire threatened Azusa’s Mountain Cove community.
The Los Angeles County Fire Department was alerted to the fire department at 2:45 p.m., said spokeswoman Leslie Lua. Firefighters responded to North San Gabriel Canyon Road and North Ranch Road.
By about 8:30 p.m., the fire had burned 3,000 acres with zero contents, according to the Azusa Police Department.
Officials said the fire was burning in the hills by the Mountain Cove community and that there was no immediate threat to structures.
But residents of Mountain Cove who live north and west of Turning Leaf Way and Boulder Ridge Court, as well as south of Highwood Court, were placed under mandatory evacuation conditions at noon.
Voluntary evacuation warnings were also issued to residents north of Highwood Court. Evacuated residents can seek help at Azusa Pacific University, the police department said. The Fairplex in Pomona accepts horses needed on board. Owners will need to bring food, water and bedding for horses.
The north lanes of Highway 39 at Sierra Madre Avenue and the south lanes of Highway at East Fork Road have been closed, according to the California Department of Transportation.
