As of Aug. 25: The Lake Fire is located at Lake Hughes and Prospect roads, southwest of Lake Hughes. The fire is 70% contained and burned 31,089 acres.

The Lake Fire continued to be less active on Tuesday with no increase in acreage. Containment is now at 70%. The Lake Fire is burning in 100-year-old fuels consisting of Big Cone douglas fir, oak, and gray pine. The fire is holding northeast of Interstate 5 and south of Highway 138 in steep and rugged terrain.

Firefighters were able to hike into the head of Pine Canyon via a trail from Atmore Meadows. Handline has been completed in this section and is ready for tactical firing operations, should conditions allow. Crews have been mopping up (looking for hotspots within containment lines) in the area of Liebre Mountain and down into lower Pine Canyon. All secondary contingency line has been completed, and suppression repair is underway. Suppression repair activities include pulling brush back over handline and adding water bars to prevent excess erosion on dozer lines. Small amounts of smoke from pockets of vegetation that continue to burn in the fire’s interior continue to be visible. There have been four reportable injuries to firefighters on this incident, according to Cal Fire.

All evacuated residents have been permitted to return to their homes.

The Ranch 2 Fire is located in the San Gabriel Canyon, Highway 39, north of Azusa. The fire was 93% contained and has burned 4,237 acres as of Tuesday.

There had been no growth over the previous four days and this is the final fire size. Firefighters were able to complete the fire line on the western perimeter in rugged country yesterday. Crews are working on cleaning up the fire line, back-hauling equipment and working on suppression repair. The entire fire perimeter was in monitor status.

Management of the Ranch 2 Fire will transition back to the Angeles National Forest and a smaller Type 3 team of Forest personnel will complete fire containment. A Burned Area Emergency Response team will be arriving to assess the watershed and other resources and will make recommendations and develop plans to mitigate the damage caused by the fire. Highway 39 was scheduled to reopen Tuesday up to the East Fork Bridge. Highway 39 will remain closed north of East Fork Bridge. Glendora Ridge Road and Glendora Mountain Road both opened Tuesday. The public was urged to stay out of the fire area to allow the land to recover, according to the U.S. Forest Service.