By 5 p.m., about 200 acres had burned.
It was 89 degrees in Big Bear on Monday, breaking a 1985 record for the date.
The wildfire, dubbed the "Holcomb fire", was first reported as "growing rapidly" in the San Bernardino National Forest.The fire was approximately 850 acres by 9:00 p.m. EDT, according to the U.S. The Baldwin Lake community is just south of there.
The fire was burning chaparral and timber.
More than a dozen Cal Fire airplanes are being used to fight the blaze. The DC-10 can carry 12,000 gallons of water or fire retardant which can be dropped in a matter of seconds.
Fire officials are calling it the Holcomb Fire. There are no containment lines around the fire yet.
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EDT) until midnight on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday since the event attendees will be making their way to the venue at the time. The National Weather Service put midnight temperatures at almost 100 degrees during the event's final night.
Doble Trail Campground and Tanglewood Group Campground are also closed due to the fire.
-Highway 18 is closed between Baldwin Lake Road north to the Mitsubishi Plant Road.
Firefighters were contending with a heat spell as well as wind gusts of up to 23 miles per hour.
Holcomb Valley Road - also known as 3N16 - is closed between Highway 18 and Van Dusen Canyon Road - also known as 3N09.
A large column of smoke can be seen rising above the wooded terrain on Snow Summit live camera's.
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