Firefighters Defend Fifty Homes From Fast-Moving Grass Fire
SYLMAR - A vegetation fire quickly burned across a large open space, with neighborhoods on all sides. Firefighters defended homes and extinguished the flames without damage to any structures.
The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a brush fire at 1:54 PM on Thursday on the 15200 block of West Lakeside Street, where firefighter's initially found one-quarter-acre of medium brush on fire. Flames quickly spread across several acres of grass, fueled by 10 mph winds. Neighborhoods surrounded the large area of vegetation. The incident commander assigned several groups of fire companies to structure protection, defending at least 50 homes during the course of the fire.
Over one hundred LAFD firefighters responded by ground and air, along with assistance from LA County FD, LAFD Crew 3 and LAFD CERT teams, to stop all forward progress in one hour and forty minutes. The fire burned a total of 28 acres of vegetation, but did not damage any of the nearby homes. One patient had a minor complaint, and was evaluated on scene and released. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Photo by Greg Doyle
