Two brush fires in proximity to one another broke out on Saturday afternoon on the 10900 block of Soledad Canyon Road, south of Agua Dulce, threatening structures and prompting a second-alarm brush response.
About an hour after the fires were initially reported, Level 2 Evacuation warnings were issued for Zones LAC-E078, LAC-E081, LAC-E085, LAC-E121-A, per the Genasys Evacuation Map, which can be found at protect.genasys.com. As of the publication of this story, no mandatory evacuations have been ordered.
The brush fires, which combined were named the Archer FIre, broke out shortly before 6 p.m. Saturday, according to the Watch Duty app. Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel were dispatched to the scene and located two separate fires.
The first one was measured to be approximately 1 acre, while the second was measured at about 5 acres “burning uphill at a moderate rate of spread,” according to Watch Duty.
Multiple resources were en route as of the publication of this story to fight the growing blaze, including aerial units.
The city of Santa Clarita published an alert on its social media platforms advising local residents to avoid the area where the fire was burning.
The Santa Clarita Valley is under a heat advisory and extreme heat watch beginning Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. The heat advisory is in effect from Sunday beginning at 10 a.m. until Tuesday at 10 a.m.
Temperatures as high as 103 degrees Fahrenheit are expected.
The extreme heat watch begins on Tuesday at 10 a.m. and will end on Wednesday night. Temperatures are expected to reach 107 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the National Weather Service.
