Brush Fire Threatens Hillside Homes In Hollywood Hills
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A brush fire threatened several homes Tuesday afternoon in the Beverly Crest area near Benedict Canyon, according to the CBS affiliate in Los Angeles.
The fire broke out just before 2:30 p.m. near the 9800 block of West Portola Drive near Benedict Canyon, according to Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Update #BrushFire; 2:32PM; 9808 W Portola Dr; #WestLosAngeles; #BeverlyCrest #PortolaFire Fire estimated to be 10 acres and homes (number unk) under immediate threat on both flanks of the fire (south of Yoakum Dr and north of ... https://t.co/yvCrwiZZ2e
— LAFD (@LAFD) June 12, 2018
More than 20 acres were burned as of 3:30 p.m., authorities said.
Air and ground units are responding.
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