Crews Hold The Line Against Brush Fire In Claremont

CLAREMONT, CA — A two-alarm brush fire in Claremont scorched around five acres of brush Thursday evening and forced firefighters into structure protection mode.

The fire was reported about 8:10 p.m. in the area of Johnson Pasture Motorway and Mountain Avenue, a Los Angeles County Fire Department dispatcher said.

Crews went into structure protection mode as the fire burned through medium to heavy fuels, according to the fire department.

By about 9:20 p.m., the fire department reported that the fire's "forward progress" had been stopped, with crews holding it to five acres, and no structures were threatened.

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