Saddleridge

A helicopter drops water to help fight flames on the Saddleridge Fire in Porter Ranch on Oct. 11, 2019.

A L.A. county firefighter sprays water on a condominium on Tampa Ave. engulfed by flames as the Saddleridge fire burns through Limekiln Canyon in Porter Ranch.

Cast and crew of the shows were told to stay at home on Friday, October 11, as the Saddleridge Fire burned through Porter Ranch, Sylmar and beyond, claiming homes and forcing 23,000 mandatory evacuations.

LOS ANGELES -- A man died of cardiac arrest after staying behind and attempting to extinguish raging flames from the fast-moving Saddleridge Fire, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said.

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A man died of cardiac arrest after staying behind and attempting to extinguish raging flames from the fast-moving Saddleridge Fire, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said.

More than 200 horses were hauled to safety in the Saddleridge Fire near the San Fernando Valley earlier this month.

Officials said one man died from a heart attack, which they attributed to the Saddleridge Fire.

Ozzy Butler throws water onto the deck of his parents’ house as the Saddleridge fire burns along Thunderbird Avenue in Porter Ranch early Friday morning.

The Saddleridge Fire is now 42% contained with nearly 8,000 acres burned.

The Saddleridge fire was burning more than 4,700 acres in northwest Los Angeles as of Friday morning and was zero percent contained, according to Ralph Terrazas, the city’s fire chief.

The smoky air has prompted the Los Angeles Unified School District to put schools in areas like Reseda and Woodland Hills on minimum day schedules, even if they are not within the communities directly affected by the Saddleridge Fire.

The so-called Saddleridge fire that burned through the San Fernando Valley area of greater Los Angeles was the strongest of several across southern California.