A brush fire, dubbed the “Hawk Fire,” broke out in Acton at the 35900 block of Trenmar Drive on Thursday afternoon and grew quickly, burning an estimated 400 acres and reaching 6% containment as of Thursday evening, according to the L.A. County Fire Department and the Watch Duty app. Forward progress was halted at approximately 9:05 p.m., according to the app.
About four Charlie strike teams, which consist of 20 engines, and four Golf strike teams, or eight crews, were requested from Cal Fire at 4:47 p.m., according to the Watch Duty app.
The fire crossed over the ridge in the Ana Verde Motorway area at 4:15 p.m., according to the Watch Duty app.
Evacuation orders were issued for the area called PAL-005-A, which is north of Acton, between State Route 14 and Leona Valley, according to the Watch Duty app. The order was downgraded to a warning as of Thursday evening.
Evacuation warnings were issued for areas between Agua Dulce and the fire to the west, and between the fire and Palmdale to the east. Those areas are identified as AGD_HIERBA, LAC_E038, LAC-E040, LAC-E041, LAC-E042, PAL-005-B, PAL-005-C, PAL-018 and PAL-019 according to the Watch Duty app. As of Thursday evening, the aforementioned zones had their warnings lifted.
A shelter-in-place order was issued for northern portions of Acton in the evacuation area designated LAC-E039, according to the Watch Duty app. The order was downgraded to an evacuation warning as of Thursday evening.
Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel were dispatched at 3:05 p.m. and arrived on the scene at 3:17 p.m., according to officials with the Fire Department.
There are no injuries reported as of the publication of this story, according to Kaitlyn Aldana, spokeswoman for the Fire Department.
There were structures possibly threatened but Aldana was unsure about how many.
To see the Genasys Protect evacuation map, visit tinyurl.com/56dkm6th.
