Southern California fires: Metrolink to resume service; traffic and evacuation info

Some progress has been made on the three major wildfires still blazing in Southern California. As of earlier this evening, firefighters were “keeping a cautious eye” on the Sayre, Triangle Complex and Tea fires. Read “Firefighters Begin to Gain the Upper Hand,” and — from L.A. Times’ breaking news blog L.A. Now — “Sunday ‘Very Good’ for Firefighters.”

Rail travel and road conditions have improved. After temporary suspension of some services this weekend, Metrolink announced this evening that its Antelope Valley and Inland Empire-Orange County lines would resume regularly scheduled service Monday morning, Nov. 17. However, you should expect some minor delays on both lines, according to the Metrolink website.

And if you’re wondering about your morning drive-time commute, you can search for closures by highway number on the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) website, or call for recorded updates at (800) 427-7623.

Note that as of 9 p.m. Sunday evening, most but not all evacuation orders had been lifted - check the latimes.com home page for the latest updates overnight.

Here are a few more resources for road condition, evacuation and facility closure updates.

Sayre fire | Sylmar, north Los Angeles County
- Fire map of road closures and evacuation zones/sites
- See Traffic.com for another map with road closures and traffic activity.
- For updated evacuation information, call the Los Angeles Fire Department’s recorded Sayre fire info line on (800) 439-2909.
- City of San Fernando facility closures and health advisory

Triangle Complex fire (a.k.a. Freeway Complex fire) | Portions of Orange, Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties
- Fire map of road closures and evacuation zones/sites
- Evacuation information by city
- For periodically updated recorded details on Brea evacuations and road closures, call (714) 990-7732.

Tea fire | Montecito, Santa Barbara County
- Fire area map and evacuation zones/sites
- Evacuation information and road closures

–- Susan Derby, Special to the Los Angeles Times

[Top photo: Olinda Drive in Brea, Calif.; Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times]

[Bottom photo: Visible satellite image from NASA's Terra satellite taken on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, at 10:45 a.m. PST. Smoke from the Sylmar fire 20 miles north of Los Angeles has drifted out over Catalina Island. A smaller plume of smoke to the southeast from the "Freeway Fire" in Orange County is also visible. / NASA MODIS]

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