It seems that our fire season is going strong this year, which is unfortunate considering everything else going on. This cause of this fire, known as the Lake Fire, is still unknown. It is burning some areas that haven’t seen a fire in over 100 years. The fire is was burning to the northeast, away from the Old Ridge Route. It has turned west along Sawmill Mountain and Liebre Mountain toward the Ridge Route and Sandberg. As of 8/24/2020, it looks like the fire’s progress toward the Ridge Route and Knapp Ranch has stopped. For updated information, here are a couple of good websites:

Angeles National Forest – Inciweb
https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6953/

Los Angeles County Fire Department Twitter Feed
https://twitter.com/LACoFDPIO

I plan to travel up to that area soon after the fire is no longer a threat for another Ridge Route inspection. Hopefully there aren’t any more fires.