GOOD PROGRESS MADE ON THE SUMMIT FIRE IN BIG BEAR

Firefighters are making good progress on the Summit Fire in nearby Big Bear. Monday afternoon, the U.S. Forest Service lifted mandatory and voluntary evacuation orders for all but one street: Knickerbocker Road, south of Pennsylvania Avenue. If all goes well, that evacuation order will be lifted sometime today, said Forest Service spokeswoman Gerrelaine Alcordo. Officials with Bear Valley Unified School District said because of the bad air quality, classes will be canceled again today at all campuses except Fallsvale School in Forest Falls. The fire broke out about 12:25 p.m. Sunday near the intersection of two Forest Service roads south of Big Bear Lake, about a mile south of the shore line and a mile west of Snow Summit resort. By 5:30 p.m, it had charred 100 acres. That figure was unchanged this morning, as lower temperatures, a lack of wind and higher humidity helped firefighters make progress. Containment lines have been dug around 50 percent of the fire’s perimeter. No structures have been damaged.