Incident commander Mike Dietrich just told the 5 p.m. media briefing that the weather is still working against firefighters in the Angeles National Forest. "This is a very angry fire that we're fighting right now," he said. "I wish I could be more optimistic." Dietrich has pushed back the estimate of containment by a week, until Sept. 15, and says there is now a 747 based in Sacramento that is available to fight the fire. Evacuations spread into the Sunland-Tujunga area of the city of Los Angeles during the day, but Mount Wilson has not so far suffered the damage many feared. The flames remain more than five miles from Agua Dulce or Santa Clarita, he said. Obviously, forest areas near the fires will remain closed through the Labor Day holiday. "We are literally begging...please plan your weekend elsewhere," a Forest Service official said at the briefing.
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Photo: Acton area on Sunday, Gene Blevins / Daily News

