Los Angeles County Fire Department halted a growing brush fire at 2.3 acres in Valencia on Tuesday afternoon, near Camino Saguaro and Avenida Rancho Tesoro.
According to spokesman for the L.A. County Fire Department Howard Tieu, units were dispatched as 12:03 p.m. in response to a vegetation fire, and they arrived five minutes after.
The fire was reported north of Tesoro Adobe Historic Park, one of the city’s numerous outdoor recreational areas that offers scenic views and local history.
The half-acre fire quickly grew to 2.5 acres, during initial reports, and there was no immediate threat to nearby structures nor evacuation orders, according to Tieu and radio dispatch traffic.
Numerous resources including firefighters with the Angeles National Forest, and aerial units were dispatched to perform water drops to help and assist with extinguishing the blaze.
Information on what caused the fire was not immediately available, Tieu added, and according to radio dispatch traffic, the fire had a potential for 10 to 20 acres within the next hour.
But, as resources actively worked to extinguish the fire, forward progress was stopped at 2.5 acres, according to Tieu.
Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies were dispatched to the scene to assist with traffic control, according to spokeswoman Shirley Miller, and she added arson was not immediately suspected. The cause of the fire remained under investigation as of the publication of this story.
No injuries were reported.
