Raging Fires in Azusa and Duarte Now 4,900 Acres

Firefighters on Tuesday continued to battle twin blazes burning dangerously close to each other in the mountains above Duarte and Azusa, as hundreds of residents were forced to flee and dozens of horses were evacuated.

More than 1,000 firefighters deployed to tame the Reservoir and Fish fires, burning about 1.5 miles apart in Angeles National Forest. The fires are now being managed as a single conflagration called the San Gabriel Complex fire, authorities said. They could connect if winds become gusty. Late Tuesday, fire officials said the blazes had burned 4,900 acres, downgrading earlier estimates on the fires’ size. The blazes are 10% contained.