The Sheep fire burning in the San Gabriel Mountains held at 35 acres overnight, fire officials said, with firefighters beginning to surround the blaze.
As of early Sunday morning, 5% of the fire was contained, after hand crews and aircraft were sent in last night and early Sunday, CalFire said.
The fire was burning away from Wrightwood, a tiny, forest town on the edge of the Angeles National Forest, CalFire said in a statement on Sunday morning.
Images showed the fire burning in a patch of large trees near Sheep Creek Drive and Highway 2 on Saturday. Firefighters said the fire was advancing north at a moderate speed toward a residential neighborhood along Desert Front Road.
No evacuations were ordered Sunday.
Containment is the perimeter beyond which a fire is not expected to expand.
#SheepFire A wildfire has started near Wrightwood. The fire is 3-5 acres in size at this time. Firefighting units are on-the-scene–both on the ground and in the air. pic.twitter.com/hn1vG8688l
— Angeles National Forest (@Angeles_NF) June 12, 2022
Wrightwood, which is surrounded by heavily forested areas of the San Gabriel Mountains, has been menaced by fires before. In 2020, the massive Bobcat fire burned up thousands of acres of mountain forest between Monrovia in the south and the Antelope Valley to the north.
The Sheep fire broke out amid sweltering heat in Southern California. The National Weather Service in Los Angeles warned Sunday of more hot temperatures after a slight cooldown on Monday, with highs between 85 and 100 degrees Fahrenheit expected for mountain areas.
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