LAFD firefighters battle brush fire in Lopez Canyon, near landfill
Los Angeles Fire Department crews in air and on the ground managed to quickly contain a brush fire that broke out near the Lopez Canyon Landfill on the 12031 block of North Lopez Canyon Road.
Sky2 was over the scene of the fire which grew to as many as 8.29 acres of burning light grass and medium brush on a hill near the landfill.
LAFD said that the blaze is 90% contained, as of 9:12 p.m. on Saturday night. LAFD also announced that paramedics helped one man who became ill near the fireline.
He was taken to an area hospital but his condition is unknown.
It's unclear exactly how the fire started but a weeks' worth of high-powered and hot temperatures have spread fires all across the Southland.
As of 7:00 p.m., nearly 70 firefighters on the scene managed to halt the forward progress of the flames and had contained 60% of the blaze. About 50 firefighters will remain on the scene throughout the night.
Fortunately, there was was no structure threat or evacuation in this fire.
The Lopez Canyon area is in the northeast part of the San Fernando Valley, near Lake View Terrace, which is essentially the border of LA County and LA City.
