Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor DIAMOND BAR - Firefighters have stopped forward progress of a four-acre fire in the Damond Bar foothills.
Firefighters earlier requested a second-alarm response to a brush fire near the southbound 57 freeway and Brea Canyon Cutoff Road, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The Orange County Fire Department is assisting. Second-alarm resources will be sent away shortly. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor UPDATE, 2:18 P.M. - The Brea Fire in Diamond Bar has been held to 16 acres. Forward progress has been stopped, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. DIAMOND BAR – A 10-to-15-acre fire is burning near the 57 freeway and Brea Canyon Road, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said Wednesday. The fire was reported around 11:50 a.m. and is burning with a moderate rate of spread. It is unclear if any structures are threatened. Authorities are planning, or already have a full closure of northbound lanes at the border with Orange County. Traffic will be diverted off at Lambert Road, according to the California Highway Patrol. Flames already witnessed jumping freeway lanes to the opposite side. Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor DIAMOND BAR - Firefighters extinguished a large grass fire near the 60 freeway Tuesday night.
One firefighters received an unspecified injury during the response to the 100-foot by 100-foot grass fire near Grand Avenue, according to Dispatch Supervisor Martin Rangel of the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The fire was reported at 9:28 p.m. and was knocked down at 9:41 p.m. Initial reports indicated that the firefighter suffered a possible broken leg, but Rangel could not confirm the type of injury, only describing it as minor. The firefighters was taken to an area hospital for treatment. Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor DIAMOND BAR - Firefighters have 100 percent containment on a one-quarter-acre brush fire Monday afternoon.
The grass fire was reported just after 11:30 a.m. in the 300 block of Ballena Drive. The fire was spotted burning between homes. Firefighters had the blaze about 50 percent contained shortly after responding on scene, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. No structures were threatened. Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor UPDATE, 3:02 p.m. - Firefighters made quick work of a one-acre brush fire that charred part of a Diamond Bar hillside along Brea Canyon Road and the 57 freeway.
A car fire spread to the brush, but firefighters had established a perimeter around the fire and had flames knocked down by around 1:40 p.m. The No. 4 and 5 lanes of the northbound 57 freeway are block until about 4 p.m., the California Highway Patrol said. DIAMOND BAR - A half-acre brush fire is burning along the northbound 57 freeway at Brea Canyon Road. The brush fire started from a burning BMW on the right shoulder of the freeway around 1:11 p.m. Los Angeles County Firefighters have a full brush fire response initiated, including three helicopters. Flames are moving northbound. Only one engine is on scene and that engine has run out of water, according to Los Angeles County Fire Department radio traffic. Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor UPDATE 12:45 p.m.: Firefighters have the blaze under control. No active fire or smoke is coming from the roughly one-acre brush fire.
Firefighters have requested arson investigators to determine the cause, which may stem from a homeless encampment. DIAMOND BAR - A full brush fire response is descending on Diamond Bar after a small brush fire is burning uphill. The fire was initially spotted by a passing police helicopter in the 1300 block of Glenthorpe Drive. One-half acre is burning uphill behind some residences. A water-dropping helicopter is en route to assist, according to Los Angeles County Fire Department and Sheriff’s radio traffic. There homes above the fire on a hill. Firefighters are determining if they will be in harm's way. |
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