Summit Fire Map Evacuation Updates Los Angeles And San Bernardino Counties Under Alert As Blaze Burns Over 2 000 Acres

A rapidly spreading wildfire has triggered evacuation orders in the Antelope Valley after burning more than 2,200 acres near the Los Angeles–San Bernardino county line. The Summit Fire broke out on Friday near Jesus Canyon Road and East Avenue Z in Llano. It grew from an initial eight-acre vegetation fire into a major incident within hours. Fire officials reported zero containment as of Friday evening.

Mandatory evacuation orders remain in effect for the following zones:

Residents in these areas have been instructed to leave immediately under a Level 3 (GO) evacuation order.

Shirin Gupta is a content producer with the Hindustan Times. She covers everything between politics, entertainment and sports at the US desk. Shirin got interested in political journalism during her time as a web editor at her college newspaper NCC News in Syracuse when she first started seeing the effects of national politics in life of her fellow colleagues. Shirin has worked on a wide range of fast-moving and developing stories locally when she was at NCC editing accessible reports for the audience. Her current role requires her to track real-time updates, verify information and present balanced coverage across diverse beats. Covering US politics from an international newsroom perspective has further deepened her understanding of how domestic decisions can have far-reaching global consequences. With a keen interest in international affairs, Shirin continues to build her expertise in geopolitics, policy shifts, and cross-border developments. She aims to learn and evolve her reporting in matters of geopolitics and international issues. Outside the newsroom Shirin writes about books and music for her personal blog. She is an avid consumer of pop culture and reveres literature.Read More