Firefighters quickly suppress early morning brush fire in Newhall Pass

Kev Kurdoghlian
September 4, 2021
6:20 pm

Firefighters suppressed a quarter-acre brush fire off of The Old Road just north of Weldon Canyon Road early Saturday morning.

Los Angeles County Fire Department units responded to the fire around 12:50 a.m., according to department Supervisor Miguel Ornelas.

Firefighters tackle a quarter-acre fire in the Newhall Pass. Photo courtesy of Rick McClure.

Firefighters had extinguished the fire by 3:11 a.m.

He said the fire did not threaten any structures and no injuries resulted from the incident. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Brush burns during a fire in the Newhall Pass early Saturday morning. Photo courtesy of Rick McClure.

Kev Kurdoghlian

Kev Kurdoghlian joined The Signal in 2021 and covers politics and government in the Santa Clarita Valley. He's worked in community journalism, local government and public relations. Kev studied public administration at USC and political science at UCLA. Have a story tip? Message him at [email protected] or on Twitter @kevkurdog.

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