By Signal Staff
Los Angeles County firefighters were called to the South Fork of the Santa Clara River on Friday morning after a fire broke out in the riverbed, and they halted the blaze less than a half hour after it was reported.
The vegetation fire, in the riverbed near the intersection of Bouquet Canyon Road and Magic Mountain Parkway, was initially reported at 9:42 a.m., according to the PulsePoint app.
The first Fire Department personnel on the scene described it as a 50- by 50-foot spot fire with no structures threatened, according to first responder radio dispatch traffic.
The blaze, dubbed the Ida Fire, was at a half-acre and burning in medium to heavy fuels as of 10:03 a.m., according to the Watch Duty fire monitoring app.
By 10:09 a.m., firefighters reported forward progress had been stopped, according to radio dispatch traffic.
Fire personnel had requested that deputies from the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station be dispatched to assist with a possible closure of Magic Mountain Parkway near the fire, according to radio dispatch traffic. However, with the fire being stopped quickly, no closure was in place as of 10:20 a.m.
According to firefighters on the scene, the fire was believed to be related to an encampment in the riverbed, per radio traffic.
This is a breaking news story and additional information will be added as it becomes available.
