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Here’s a plane dropping red fire retardant of some kind on the fire. Helped, too; moments later, there was a huge gap in the middle of that cloud of smoke.

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Here’s a close-up of the ridge line, with flames peeking over the top. This was taken in La Cañada, on Foothill near Castle.

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There’s a fire burning in the hills above La Cañada; here’s the view from the Ralphs parking lot in La Crescenta.