Another Brush Fire Scorches Elysian Park

ECHO PARK, CA — Firefighters knocked down three vegetation fires that scorched more than two acres very near each other in the area of Angels Point Road and Elysian Park Drive in Elysian Park.

It’s the fourth set of fires in Elysian Park since last week. However, Los Angeles Fire Department officials will not say if arson is suspected in any of the blazes.

As for Tuesday’s blaze, “It is under active investigation,” said Amy Bastman of the Los Angeles Fire Department. “We do not have a cause determined.”

No structures were threatened and no injuries were reported Tuesday, said Bastman.

On Thursday and Friday of last week, firefighters battled several separate fires in Elysian Park.

On Friday, they knocked down a half-acre brush burning near the 1300 block of North Broadway in the Elysian Park. Firefighters also knocked down a couple of brush fires in the same general area on Thursday. On Thursday, it took three helicopters and 107 firefighters 90 minutes to battle a 1/12-acre brush fire.
Another fire, with no known connection to the first, also broke out Thursday on Angels Point Road near Academy Road and burned about a third of an acre.

City News Service contributed to this report. File photo courtesy Los Angeles County Fire Department