Firefighters from Los Angeles and Culver City extinguished a brush fire last night that burned about two acres of vegetation near the Marina (90) Freeway in the Del Rey area of Los Angeles. The brushfire near Centinela Avenue and the 90 Freeway was reported at 9:10 p.m., according to Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles […]
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Brush fire breaks out in Pacific Palisades
A fire broke out across a street from some homes in Pacific Palisades today, scorching less than an acre of brush, but no evacuations were ordered. The blaze was reported shortly before noon near the 15500 block of Via de las Osas, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. About five dozen firefighters were sent to the […]
Two brush fires flare up Malibu during rush hour
MALIBU (CNS) - A traffic crash is believed to have caused a three-alarm brush fire that apparently sparked a second, smaller fire in Malibu this afternoon, closing a busy canyon road. The initial fire was reported at 3:35 p.m. along Kanan Dume Road about two miles north of Pacific Coast Highway, according to county sheriff and fire officials. Embers […]
PCH near Topanga reopens as 9-acre Malibu brush fire nearly contained
MALIBU (CNS) - Fire crews contended with unseasonably warm weather today as they worked to corral a slow-moving brush fire that scorched about nine acres in Malibu as of mid-afternoon. Firefighters were sent to the 19400 block of Pacific Coast Highway about 11:40 a.m. By 3 p.m. the fire was 80 percent contained, said Inspector […]
Fire, car crash in Malibu
MALIBU (CNS) - Helicopters simultaneously worked two separate incidents in the midnight hour in Malibu today: a small brushfire and a car over a cliff with four people hurt. First, three people were injured, one critically, after their vehicle ran off Kanan-Dume Road and down a several hundred feet down a steep embankment just […]