Eaton Fire at Mount Wilson looks to be the highlighted site right now. This is the view of Mount Wilson from our Mount Lukens site. The Palisades fire also went past Saddle Peak. There is also the Hurst Fire, Lidia Fire and Sunset Fire. A number of site have lost power and are running on backup batteries or generator. As far as we know, no sites have been damaged. Backup systems have taken over in some places.
Update: We had some rain over the weekend which has helped considerably.
We know that a building has been lost at Mount Wilson. A radio site building at the south edge.
Main Power is back on at Mount Lukens.
Power is off at Saddle Peak. We have been able to get there and get the network equipment online. We did not see any active fire there. Crews are working on debris removal from the road and replacing poles that were burned. A lot of houses have been destroy in that area, and one of the communications buildings at the peak. We did some brush clearance shortly before the fires, so our building has not been touched.
It looks like all the fires have been contained at this point
We have been to Saddle Peak to set up a larger generator, the power is not expected to be back until March.
The FAA building at Saddle Peak is gone
There have been many homes destroyed in the mountains and down to Malibu
