Route Fire (2022): Who was in command near Interstate 5 at Castaic?

The September 1 county bulletin names the Los Angeles County Fire Department and Angeles National Forest in unified command. The retrospective state incident entry describes the county department as the lead agency.

Incident record

Reported start31 August 2022
Location in the incident recordI5 and Lake Hughes Road, near Castaic
County listingLos Angeles
Reported footprint5,208 acres
Recorded containment100%
Containment entry6 September 2022

Who was in command near Interstate 5 at Castaic?

These statements concern different reporting contexts and need not conflict. For the operational arrangement on September 1, use the dated bulletin. For locating the event, use the state record’s junction of Interstate 5 and Lake Hughes Road; a highway in the location field is not evidence of a specific closure duration.

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