According to LAist, “four major fires [are] burning in the greater Los Angeles region“: the Station Fire, Morris Fire, Cottonwood Fire, Palos Verdes Fire. One of the fires, the Morris Fire, “could adversely impact the drinking water supply for more than one million people, [since] . . .increased erosion in burned watersheds that empty into the San Gabriel and Morris reservoirs could mean those dammed bodies of water will have to be drained and cleared of sediment.” In addition to potentially impacting water supplies, these fires are creating unhealthful air quality.

More information on wildfires burning throughout the United States can be found at the National Interagency Fire Center’s National Fire News.

Video: Wildfires Rip Through Southern California

Video: Time lapse videos illustrate the daytime smoke and nighttime light eminating from the Station Fire

The Google Map below illustrates the extent of the fire:

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