Report from Angeles Crest Christian Camp 09-05-2009
They are about a mile and a half past Newcombs to the east on ACH.
UPDATE ON THE
STATION FIRE
As of Saturday, September 5, at 7:00 a.m. Angeles Crest Christian Camp is still safe and protected! The firefighters are continuing to hold the line against the fire.
Last night at 8:00 p.m., we received word from Pat Titus, Batallion Chief for the L.A. County Fire Department that everything was still safe up at the camp. They are continuing to work in the area around Chilao campground and to hold back the flames that flared up again from Devil's Canyon. Newcomb's Restaurant is still safe as is Camp Eaton and Angeles Crest Christian Camp.
Firefighters are still working out of Angeles Crest Christian Camp to create firebreaks and keep the fire from spreading. Other good news was that they were able to use aircraft yesterday to help supress the fire lines. This is the first time the weather has allowed the Fire Department to bring in air drops of fire retardant. Chief Titus shared that it will still be a few days before things are under control.
Web site: http://www.angelescrest.com/
Layne Cantrell
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As of Sunday, September 6, at 12:00 noon Angeles Crest Christian Camp is still safe from the fire!
The latest update is that Angeles Crest Christian Camp is still safe from the advancing fires. We received word yesterday that many of the firefighters were taken off the mountain because of advancing flames. The only ones still there were some special emergency firefighters. This was cause for concern as we were not sure what happened with our main campus.
Today we got word from a source up on the mountain that the main campus of Angeles Crest Christian Camp was untouched but that the fire is still close to our camp. They are sending the firefighters back up to the site again to continue to fight back the fire that in some places has jumped highway 2and is now near the camp.
At least it ain't burning unattended.
Layne Cantrell
Christian Camp 9/8/09
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As of Tuesday, September 8, at 3:00 p.m. Angeles Crest Christian Camp is safe from the fire!
After talking with an LA County Fire Chief today it looks as though the fire has moved away from the camp. The good news is that the camp is out of immediate danger!! The bad news is that we lost one of our residences down in our secondary camp, Singing Pines. The fire never reached the main campus but did go through part of the other camp. However, even with that, most of Singing Pines escaped the fire.
We are very grateful to all of the firefighters for their help as well as all the prayers that went up to God on behalf of the camp. The firefighters still have quite a challenge ahead of them as they deal with the rest of the forest that is still burning.
We continue to take things one day at a time and know that in the weeks ahead there will be a lot to do to get the camp up and running. In addition, it looks as though it will probably be several weeks before our full-time resident staff can return to the camp. Again, we want to say "thank you" to all of you for your concern and for all the prayers that were said on behalf of Angeles Crest Christian Camp!!
