Fire teams quickly converged into a brush fire that went on Tuesday night in the Hollywood hills under several houses, according to Los Angeles firefighters.
The fire went around 6:40 pm north of West Sunset Boulevard in the 2100 block of Sunset Plaza Drive, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. He burned approximately a quarter of a vegetation acre while moving uphill, briefly threatening nearby houses.
In half an hour, officials reported that the water drops of the fire department helicopters were “significantly decreasing” the progress of the fire under the houses. Around 80 fire extinction personnel were assigned to the fire, which burned a car but did not affect any structure.
The water drops of the helicopters of the Los Angeles Fire Department significantly slowed down the progress of the fire, authorities said.
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At 7:30 pm, all active flames were extinguished and the progress forward had stopped, according to the fire department.
Those who live nearby were instructed to take refuge instead, while the helicopters continued the water drops to cool the hot points between the houses and the manual crews worked to reach 100% containment in a very steep terrain. Refuge orders were built around 8 pm
The mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, praised the lifeguards for her “heroic” and fast response to the fire.
“The fire of tonight in the Hollywood hills has been stopped without any structure being affected thanks to the urgent action of the Handcrews and Helicopters of LaFD, as well as a strong collaboration with the fire department of the Los Angeles County,” he said in a statement on X.
After a suffocating weekend of Labor Day throughout the south of California, a heat notice remains in force for a wide strip of the Los Angeles County until 6 pm on Wednesday, bringing with it a high fire danger, a risk aggravated by a ray of thunderstorms of summer ends.
In the midst of the historic fire storm in Pacific Palisades and Altadena, the sunset fire was lit on the Hollywood hills near Runyon Canyon, which caused generalized evacuation orders and massive traffic jams when the residents rushed to flee the area. This fire was reported in 2350 N. Solar Drive, burned around 60 acres and was contained within 24 hours, according to the California Forestry and Fire Protection Department.
