LAFD Stops 8-Acre Encino Brush Fire as Downed Power Lines Trigger Evacuation Warning
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Updated · KABC-TV · Jul 8
LAFD Stops 8-Acre Encino Brush Fire as Downed Power Lines Trigger Evacuation Warning
3 articles · Updated · KABC-TV · Jul 8
Summary
Forward progress was stopped at 2:16 p.m. on an 8-acre brush fire near the Encino Reservoir after flames briefly pushed toward homes on Coronet Drive.
Downed power lines are believed to have sparked the fire, which was reported shortly before 12:30 p.m. south of Ventura Boulevard in the 4500 block of North Encino Avenue.
Multiple water-dropping helicopters joined ground crews, using the nearby reservoir to help check the blaze after it jumped ahead from an initial estimate of about a half-acre.
An evacuation warning for residents around the Encino Reservoir was lifted about 90 minutes later; no injuries were reported, and crews remained for mop-up until full containment.