Los Angeles firefighters are battling a brush fire in Bel Air early Wednesday morning.
The fire was reported at about 12:15 a.m. in the 1300 block of North Sepulveda Boulevard, east of the 405 Freeway near Getty Center Drive and was burning with "unknown structure threat," according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.The size of the fire was not immediately known and evacuations have not been reported at the moment.
A brush fire broke out early Wednesday on the hillsides of Bel-Air in the Sepulveda Pass.The blaze was reported around 12:15 a.m. near Getty Center Drive and Sepulveda Boulevard, said Brian Humphrey, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department.The fire appeared to have spread among hills just east of the 405 Freeway, and more than 100 firefighters had responded to the scene.
Humphrey said there was no estimate of the size of the fire, and it’s unclear if any structures were threatened.Images posted on social media showed bands of fire scorching the brush along the freeway.In 2019, a tree branch that landed in power lines during strong winds sparked the Getty Fire, a brush fire that eventually burned more than 740 acres, according to the LAFD. The fire destroyed 10 homes and damaged another 15 residences.
Video taken off the 405 Freeway shows plumes of smoke billowing into the air and raging flames on hills.
Southern California has been in the middle of a heat wave the last two days, prompting several brush fires in the area.
No evacuations have been ordered as of this time. Light winds were reported in the area.
