Pasadena City College arranges shelter for fire affected people

New Delhi, Aug 31, 2009: Pasadena City College arranges shelter fire affected people. Surging wildfire in California is threatening several neighborhoods in Los Angeles. Thousands of people have been asked to evacuate their houses and shift to safer places. Red Cross has set up shelters for people who leave their houses.Earlier the evacuation orders were basically advisory in nature, but now local authorities have issued compulsory evacuation orders.

In the meantime Pasadena City College in the up-market Los Angeles area has also established shelter house for people being evacuated from their houses. They will give preference to their students living in the affected areas.

Pasadena City College is a community college located on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California, USA. PCC is the third largest community college campus in the United States.

The school attracts students from throughout southern California, enrolling a large percentage of student from outside of the bounds of the Pasadena Area Community College District, established in 1966.

The district includes the cities of Pasadena, South Pasadena, Altadena, San Marino, Temple City, La Canada Flintridge, Arcadia, Sierra Madre, and portions of Rosemead and El Monte.

Evacuations were in place for parts of La Canada Flintridge, Altadena and Pasadena, as firefighters try to get control of the 20,000-acre-plus Station Fire. A few miles to the east, the Morris Fire in San Gabriel Canyon, was 95 percent contained.

In the meantime two firefighting officials were killed while on their duty in the affected area. L.A. County Coroner's officials have confirmed that two firefighters were killed when their vehicle overturned in the Angeles National Forest, south of Acton, where fire crews anxiously worked to contain the monstrous Station fire. The 45,500-acre fire has destroyed 18 homes and threatened over 10,000 more residences, 500 commercial properties and 2,000 other structures. The blaze rained ash on cars as far away as downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, spreading in all directions in hot, dry conditions.