Evacuations Lifted In Brush Fire North Of Los Angeles
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a brush fire that burned to the edges of homes in the foothills of the Santa Susana Mountains north of Los Angeles is 20 percent contained and no longer threatening residences.
Crews are focusing Sunday on extending a perimeter around the smoldering blaze that has consumed about 1.7 square miles of thick chaparral in a rugged canyon.
Some 2,000 people sent fleeing from the Stevenson Ranch area of the Santa Clarita Valley on Saturday were allowed to return after nightfall.
Aerial photos showed the flames came to the property line of a ridgetop home that was covered in fire retardant.
The cause of the blaze is under investigation.
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