Firefighters halt progress on blaze near Castaic  

Firefighters were sent to battle a brush fire that broke out near Castaic on Monday. Katherine Quezada/The Signal.
Firefighters were sent to battle a brush fire that broke out near Castaic on Monday. Katherine Quezada/The Signal.
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 Firefighters were able to halt progress on a brush fire that broke out Monday afternoon near a construction site in Charlie Canyon, near Castaic, according to L.A. County Fire Department officials. 

Forward progress was stopped at 8 acres at approximately 4:35 p.m. for the fire that was initially reported near the intersection of Tapia Canyon Road and Charlie Canyon Road, south of Castaic Lake, according to Martin Rangel, a spokesman for the Fire Department. 

Firefighters were sent to battle a brush fire that broke out near Castaic on Monday. Katherine Quezada/The Signal.
Firefighters were sent to battle a brush fire that broke out near Castaic on Monday. Katherine Quezada/The Signal.
Firefighters were sent to battle a brush fire that broke out near Castaic on Monday. Katherine Quezada/The Signal.
Firefighters were sent to battle a brush fire that broke out near Castaic on Monday. Katherine Quezada/The Signal.

Personnel were dispatched near that location at around 3:41 p.m. on Monday and were at the scene as of 3:46 p.m., according to Luis Garcia, a spokesman for the Fire Department. 

Wind gusts of 5 to 10 mph were being reported in the area, Garcia said, and the fire was reported as having a low rate of spread. Air units were dispatched to help battle the blaze, dubbed the Harold Fire, he added. 

The fire was initially reported as being at half an acre shortly after firefighters arrived at the scene. 

No structures were reported as being threatened at any time during the duration of the incident, Rangel said. 

The Santa Clarita Valley is in the midst of an excessive heat warning put out by the L.A. County Department of Public Health that is expected to last through Wednesday. Temperatures of 100 degrees or higher are expected during that time. 

A heat advisory for the SCV is set to be in effect on Thursday, but temperatures are expected to drop down below 90 degrees on Friday and going through the weekend, according to the National Weather Service. 

Firefighters were sent to battle a brush fire that broke out near Castaic on Monday. Katherine Quezada/The Signal.
Firefighters were sent to battle a brush fire that broke out near Castaic on Monday. Katherine Quezada/The Signal.
Smoke from the Harold Fire burning near Castaic on Monday afternoon as seen from the intersection of Seco Canyon Road and Gumtree Place in Saugus. Courtesy photo.
Smoke from the Harold Fire burning near Castaic on Monday afternoon as seen from the intersection of Seco Canyon Road and Gumtree Place in Saugus. Courtesy photo.

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