FIRE ON MOUNT LAGUNA

May 27, 2009 (6:55 a.m.)--A five-acre fire is burning in Laguna Meadows, one mile west of the Laguna Campground on Mount Laguna. No structures are threatened and all roads remain open. “It’s in a fairly inaccessible area, so our engine crews have hiked in. We have two hotshot crews as well, and a potential to have some air tankers on it soon,” said Brian Harris, Cleveland National Forest spokesman for the U.S. Forest Service.

He added, “It’s a pretty low intensity fire now, but it’s putting up a lot of smoke that is visible from Interstate 8. Our division chief expects to have the whole thing mopped up by around noon.”