Forward progress was stopped on the Chloe Fire Wednesday evening a little over five hours after it started, and firefighters had the 260-acre blaze 50% contained as of Thursday morning, according to Los Angeles County Fire Department officials.
The fire was near an oil field, but Keith Navarre, spokesman for the Fire Department, said he could not confirm whether the oil was affected by the fire.
The fire broke out in the hills west of Val Verde and north of State Route 126 around 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday and quickly hit 140 acres in a matter of a few hours, according to initial reports by Fire Department personnel on Wednesday.
Forward progress of the fire was stopped around 9:37 p.m. on Wednesday, according to the Watch Duty app.
