Madre fire near Azusa is 'no risk,' Sierra fire is nearly out

Madre fire near Azusa is ‘no risk,’ Sierra fire is nearly out

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A DC-10 drops retardant on the Madre fire in the Angeles National Forest near Azusa. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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A Super Scooper makes a water drop on the Madre fire in the Angeles National Forest near Azusa. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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A Los Angeles County firefighter monitors the brush fire on the hills of the San Gabriel Canyon area above Azusa, (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

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A helicopter monitors the brush fire on the hills of the San Gabriel Canyon area above Azusa. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

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A U.S. Forest Service firefighter at the flood control basin watching the brush fire on the hills of the San Gabriel Canyon. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

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A U.S. Forest Service firefighter pulls on a hose. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

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A helicopter drops water during a brush fire in San Gabriel Canyon above Azusa. (Ringo H.W. Chiu / For The Times)

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A brush fire burns along ridge lines near San Gabriel Canyon Road in Azusa. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

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Brush fire sends a plume of smoke into the sky. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

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People watch as a smoke plume from a brush fire rises in San Gabriel Canyon above Azusa. (Ringo H.W. Chiu / For The Los Angeles Times)

By Ari Bloomekatz

Sept. 27, 2013 11:15 AM PT

The Madre fire burning in the mountains above Azusa is “no risk at this point,” according to Los Angeles County Fire Department inspector Keith Mora.

As of Friday morning, the fire was 95% contained and firefighters are expecting full containment soon, he added.

“They’re pretty much done with mop up,” Mora said, adding that all crews need to do is ensure the remaining 5% of lines, which are in rocky terrain, are set.

The 268-acre Madre fire started Monday in San Gabriel Canyon north of Highway 39.

Meanwhile, the Sierra fire in Cajon Pass also appears to be nearing its end and is 80% contained, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

That fire began Tuesday at 3:51 p.m. near Glen Helen Road, the U.S. Forest Service said, and quickly burned through 200 acres.

Officials now expect that fire to be fully contained Saturday.

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