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King Fire initially started 1:04 a.m. Aug. 14 in Los Angeles County, California. After being active for five days, it has burned 591 acres, an increase of 37 acres since the last update. By Tuesday morning, 98% of this fire was brought under containment. However, the cause is still under investigation.
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Rapidly spreading brush fire prompts an evacuation order for thousands north of Los Angeles
A brush fire north of Los Angeles is spreading quickly and forcing evacuations in the area. The Canyon Fire ignited Thursday at around 1:30 p.m.
The Canyon Fire, which has torched about 5,370 acres around the border between Ventura and Los Angeles counties, is close to complete containment after firefighters made significant progress on the blaze overnight, according to authorities.
A new wildfire was reported today at 5:35 a.m. in Los Angeles County, California. Smokey Fire has been burning on federal land managed by the United States Forest Service. Currently, there is no data on the containment status of the fire and the cause has yet to be determined.
The King Fire ignited around 70 miles northwest of Los Angeles on Thursday morning and quickly grew to nearly 500 acres.
As a result, Bass said she has directed the Los Angeles Fire Department to pre-deploy crews, engines and other resources ahead of the heat wave. More than 150,000 brush inspections have been completed, she said.
Los Angeles County is included in a red flag warning issued by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 2:11 p.m. The warning is in effect until Saturday Aug. 23, at 9 p.m.
LAFD extinguished a fire in a Pico-Robertson apartment in 26 minutes, preventing its spread and rescuing an elderly woman.
Officers were called to the 7-Eleven store, located at N. Vendome Street and Beverly Boulevard, at around 4:15 a.m. after hearing reports of a fight involving shots fired in the area, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
The Los Angeles Times reported at the time that it took more than 160 firefighters to put out the blaze and that they encountered pressurized gas cylinders that exploded in the fire.
Los Angeles County is under a red flag warning which was released by the National Weather Service on Wednesday at 3:34 p.m. The warning is in effect until Saturday Aug. 23, at 9 p.m.
The blaze was reported at around 12:45 p.m. in the 15700 block of W. Burbank Boulevard, west of the 405 Freeway, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
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