Overview
- A brush fire ignited on an embankment near the SR-14 and northbound I-5 in Sylmar Wednesday morning, triggering an emergency traffic alert.
- Firefighters reached the scene in about two minutes and stopped the fire's forward progress at roughly 1.5 to 2 acres with no injuries reported.
- The California Highway Patrol issued a SigAlert and closed four northbound lanes for firefighting, and the lanes were reopened at about 10:30 a.m.
- Crews attacked the slope from the ground and the air, including water drops by the Los Angeles County Fire Department’s tandem-rotor CH-47 Chinook helicopter.
- Authorities say the origin remains under investigation and warn that ongoing hot, dry weather and active heat advisories increase the risk of similar brush fires.