Firefighters attack riverbed fire at Whites Canyon Road

Santa Clarita Valleys Sheriff's Station deputies and Los Angeles County Firefighters respond to a fire in the riverbed near the Metrolink Station on Via Princessa in Santa Clarita on Saturday, 061221. Dan Watson/The Signal
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Firefighters held to 1 acre a fire reported in the Santa Clara River bed Saturday afternoon, shortly after 4 p.m., near the Whites Canyon Road bridge just north of Via Princessa. 

No structures were being threatened by fire, according to Jeremy Stafford, a supervising fire dispatcher with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. 

Stafford said Metrolink decided just after 5 p.m. to hold rail service at the Metrolink station off of Via Princessa as a precautionary measure. 

A county fire helicopter that conducted a water drop was assigned to the riverbed fire for 30 minutes. The cause of the fire is unknown as of 5:15 p.m., according to Stafford. 

Los Angeles County Firefighters respond to a fire in the riverbed near the Metrolink Station on Via Princessa in Santa Clarita on Saturday, 061221. Dan Watson/The Signal
Los Angeles County Firefighters carry fire hose as they respond to a fire in the riverbed near the Metrolink Station on Via Princessa in Santa Clarita on Saturday, 061221. Dan Watson/The Signal
Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies and Los Angeles County Firefighters and hand crews respond to a fire in the riverbed near the Metrolink Station on Via Princessa in Santa Clarita on Saturday, 061221. Dan Watson/The Signal
A Los Angeles County fire helicopter makes a water drop on a fire in the riverbed near the Metrolink Station on Via Princessa in Santa Clarita on Saturday, 061221. Dan Watson/The Signal

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