Lytle Creek area east of Mount Baldy and west of the Cajon Pass (Los Angeles Times)
LYTLE CREEK -- Federal fire officials say the 7,128 acre Sheep Fire was fully under control Saturday night.
Thousands of people ordered to flee the wildfire near Wrightwood were allowed to return home earlier in the week as firefighters took advantage of cool fall weather to gain a handle on the 7,128-acre blaze.
Miller said firefighters are keeping the general public out of the are for the next several weeks due to remaining hot spots.
About 2,000 homes and 4,000 to 6,000 people were affected by the Sheep Fire, mostly in the town of Wrightwood.
Fire information officer Norma Bailey said firebreaks below the town had held and that cool, calm weather was a boon to the firefighting effort.
The fire has damaged or destroyed five residences, and eight firefighters have been injured.
Route 2 is now open form Route 138 to Wrightwood and evacuation shelters are being closed.
Cabins, houses and corrals on the eastern side of Wrightwood were evacuated October 4 after firefighters were unable to contain the fire's spread to the northwest.
Bulldozer crews etched out several miles of fire lines on the slopes southeast of Wrightwood, and fire crews lugged hoses more than a mile uphill to protect the resort town.
The fire, driven by winds reaching 40 mph, was reported around 2:11 p.m. October 3 in Lytle Creek Canyon, a steep chasm west of Interstate 15 at Devore.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Thousands of people ordered to flee the wildfire near Wrightwood were allowed to return home earlier in the week as firefighters took advantage of cool fall weather to gain a handle on the 7,128-acre blaze.
Miller said firefighters are keeping the general public out of the are for the next several weeks due to remaining hot spots.
About 2,000 homes and 4,000 to 6,000 people were affected by the Sheep Fire, mostly in the town of Wrightwood.
Fire information officer Norma Bailey said firebreaks below the town had held and that cool, calm weather was a boon to the firefighting effort.
The fire has damaged or destroyed five residences, and eight firefighters have been injured.
Route 2 is now open form Route 138 to Wrightwood and evacuation shelters are being closed.
Cabins, houses and corrals on the eastern side of Wrightwood were evacuated October 4 after firefighters were unable to contain the fire's spread to the northwest.
Bulldozer crews etched out several miles of fire lines on the slopes southeast of Wrightwood, and fire crews lugged hoses more than a mile uphill to protect the resort town.
The fire, driven by winds reaching 40 mph, was reported around 2:11 p.m. October 3 in Lytle Creek Canyon, a steep chasm west of Interstate 15 at Devore.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
