Firefighters Make Quick Work Of Brush Fire
by Leon Worden/SCVNEWS.com
Los Angeles County and USDA Forest Service fire fighters made quick work of a brush fire that broke out shortly before noon Thursday in the mountains above Santa Clarita.
The fire was located in a remote area north of Pyramid Lake and east of Interstate 5.
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Fire fighters accessed the burn area primarily from State Route 138 and held the blaze to 1.5 acres of medium brush, said Inspector Quvondo Johnson of the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Knockdown was declared at 12:25 p.m.
The fire was contained to state-owned land and did not burn Angeles National Forest property.
