Drum leaking unknown substance prompts HazMat response
Hazmat firefighters check a container thought to contain hazardous materials in the middle of the street on Avenue Hall in the industrial center on Saturday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Drum leaking unknown substance prompts HazMat response

A HazMat response was called to an overturned metal drum with an unknown substance in Valencia on Saturday afternoon. Firefighters with the Los Angeles County Fire Department specially trained in…

Firefighters honored at Oakmont for extinguishing 2017 Rye Fire
Anderson Mackey Jr., assistant fire chief for the district, answers various questions asked by members of the Oakmont of Santa Clarita Senior Home Friday afternoon. Eddy Martinez/The Signal

Firefighters honored at Oakmont for extinguishing 2017 Rye Fire

As the Santa Clarita Valley continues to push through the summer fire season, firefighters who fought off the 2017 Rye Fire were honored by residents at the Oakmont of Santa Clarita senior living community on Friday afternoon.

Small brush fire breaks out near northbound 14 freeway
A fire fighter uses a hose to douse the area where a small brush fire started along northbound Highway 14 just north of Escondido Canyon Road, not long after another fire was put out just south of the area on Thursday, July 6, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

Small brush fire breaks out near northbound 14 freeway

Fire crews quickly gained control of a small brush fire that broke out on the northbound 14 freeway north of Escondido Canyon Road Thursday afternoon. The fifth fire of the…

Early morning solo crash injures one
The solo vehicle crash injured one and occurred at 5:09 a.m. on the southbound 5 freeway just south of Hasley Canyon Road. Rick McClure/For The Signal

Early morning solo crash injures one

One person was transported to a local area hospital following an early morning crash along the southbound 5 freeway Tuesday. The incident occurred at 5:09 a.m. when a vehicle ran…

UPDATE: Firefighters gain control of 2 Canyon Country brush fires
A Los Angeles County Fire Department helicopter responds to a brush fire reported at Sierra Highway and Hillfield Lane Monday at 1:25 p.m. Rick McClure/For the Signal

UPDATE: Firefighters gain control of 2 Canyon Country brush fires

By Jim Holt & Christina Cox Signal Staff Writers Firefighters wasted no time getting the jump on two small brush fires in Canyon Country Monday afternoon, thwarting the threat that…

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