Crime & Safety
Brush Fire Put Out Near Lake Balboa In Sepulveda Basin
Crews extinguished a brush fire that broke out Saturday afternoon near Lake Balboa, sending a large plume of smoke into the air.
LOS ANGELES, CA — It took firefighters about an hour and 20 minutes Saturday to put out a brushfire near a model-plane airpark near Lake Balboa in the Sepulveda Basin in Van Nuys.
The fire was reported at 3:06 p.m. in about an acre of medium vegetation in the 5600 block of North Woodley Avenue, said the Los Angeles Fire Department's Nicholas Prange. It sent a large plume of smoke into the air, visible in the surrounding neighborhoods.
The flames were out at 4:25 p.m. after the fire consumed four acres. No structures were damaged by the slow-moving fire pushed by light winds, Prange said.
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"Crews will remain on scene to improve the perimeter and extinguish hot spots within the burn footprint," he said.
No injuries were reported.
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Big fire at lake balboa in van Nuys! pic.twitter.com/1RWBmqELFQ
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Lake Balboa Fire pic.twitter.com/seNBoDYQd8
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City News Service contributed to this report.
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