Firefighters turned a corner overnight in their battle against a blaze that scorched more than 1,000 acres in Hesperia over the weekend.
“The fire held really well last night. Firefighters on the ground are making great progress,” Cal Fire spokesperson Chloe Castillo said Monday morning. “As of right now, everything is looking great.”
Containment on the blaze dubbed the “Hesperia Fire” rose from 7% Sunday night to 30% Monday morning with no increase in size, which stands at 1,078 acres, Cal Fire stated in an update on X, formerly Twitter.
An evacuation warning was in place Monday for the Arrowhead Equestrian Estates.
“However, if you do choose to leave you can come back. You don’t have to go,” Castillo said. “If there is a full evacuation required then we’ll go knocking on doors to make sure that people leave in safe fashion.”
Residents may also continue to see smoke Monday but Castillo said it is coming from fires within the containment line that are being allowed to burn.
The blaze erupted Saturday evening and quickly spread amid heavy, shifting winds.
No structures have been damaged and no injuries were reported.
Meanwhile, firefighters are also battling an even larger, nearly 15,000 acre wildfire in northern Los Angeles County that has also spread into Ventura County.
Containment on that blaze increased overnight from 2% to 8%.