Sierra Madre Fire Department and City Officials are closely monitoring the Station Fire. At this time, there is no imminent danger to Sierra Madre residents.

The City of Sierra Madre has begun preparations in case the Station Fire enters Sierra Madre. At this time the Station Fire continues to be a slow moving fire and if the fire continues moving toward Sierra Madre, officials do not expect it to enter the City for at least five days. This prediction is contingent on if the current weather conditions continue.

Today, fire officials began pre-treating the northern border of Sierra Madre by sending handcrews to work behind the northern-most properties in Sierra Madre creating a small fire break. This fire break is expected to extend from Altadena to Azusa.

Residents north of Carter Avenue traveling east to Mira Monte Avenue and across Alegria Avenue to Grandview Avenue are ask to begin their emergency preparations in case the City has to evacuate residents. Residents are reminded to be "Ready for 7" with 7 days worth of food, clothing, medicine, pet food and supplies should they have to leave their homes. If the City evacuates residents, an evacuation center will be set up at the Community Recreation Center at 611 E. Sierra Madre Blvd. Crated pets will be allowed.

As the fire continues to burn closer to Sierra Madre, wild animals will be leaving the forest and entering the City. Public Safety Officials warn residents to be cautious and leave them alone and to please not feed the wild animals. Residents may want to take caution and keep small children and pets indoors.

In compliance with an order from the US Forest Service and the LA County Sheriff Department, the City is closing until further notice Bailey Canyon, Mt. Wilson Trail and the road up to Chantry Flats.

For more information, please tune into SMTV3, channel 3 on Time Warner Cable, or www.sierramadrepio.blogspot.com. eBlasts will also be sent out to registered users - to register for email alerts please visit www.cityofsierramadre.com, click on AccessSierraMadre, and then click CommunicationLink to register your email address.

Other sources of information about the Station Fire can be found at InciWeb the Incident Information System http://inciweb.org/

 

Southern California Lyric Theater (SCLT) would like to express their sincere apologies and regret for any inconvenience and disappointment experienced by those who took the time to come out and enjoy Sunday's (canceled) Sierra Madre Concert in the Park: "Fairytales and Fantasy V."  Prior to Sunday, in twenty years of productions and performances, SCLT has never had to take the extreme action of canceling a scheduled performance. The health and well-being of the cast and audience being our primary concern, we felt we had no other recourse than to cancel this event, based on warnings from the South Coast AQMD of unhealthful to hazardous air quality, and oft-repeated media and agency advisories that people should remain indoors whenever possible. We did our best to get the word out, but with such short notice, obviously we were unable to notify everyone, and we are sorry for any inconvenience..
We do have a wonderful family program and have re-scheduled it for September 20th at 7:00pm in Memorial Park, Sierra Madre. We appreciate your continued support, and we look forward to seeing you on the 20th.

 

Alison Kalmus

Producing Artistic Director
Southern California Lyric Theater