9/3/2022
Los Angeles: 4,500 people affected by power outage in Los Feliz. No electricity through the hottest part of the day for neighbors here, Travis Rice reports.
Southern California baked under a third day of record-setting heat as firefighters continued battling wildfires across the state and officials grappled with triple-digit temperatures that have spurred further calls for voluntary energy use reduction to avoid rolling blackouts.
During a Flex Alert, consumers are asked to conserve energy from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., hours when the grid is most stressed.
The Route fire, which ignited Wednesday afternoon near Castaic, prompting mandatory evacuations, has charred 5,208 acres, destroyed two structures and threatened hundreds more, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. As of Friday night, , the fire was 56% contained.
All evacuation orders were lifted Thursday afternoon and the blaze is expected to be fully contained by next week, fire officials said.
Crews will mop up hot spots near containment lines before the midday heat sets in, officials said.
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