Los Angeles firefighters were able to contain a brush fire to about 5 acres Wednesday in the Sepulveda Basin, an area where such fires seem to be a regular occurrence.
Wednesday’s fire near the 15700 block of Burbank Boulevard was contained after firefighters using a bulldozer and hand tools cut a perimeter around it.
LAFD crews worked in temperatures that soared into the 90s.
As temperatures climbed into the 90s, a Los Angeles firefighter works on a brush fire after a bulldozer cut a line around the blaze on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, in the San Fernando Valley’s Sepulveda Basin, an area that sees many similar fires. (Photo by Mike Meadows/Contributing Photographer)
As temperatures climbed into the 90s, a Los Angeles firefighter works on a brush fire after a bulldozer cut a line around the blaze on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, in the San Fernando Valley’s Sepulveda Basin, an area that sees many similar fires. It took firefighters about two hours to extinguish Wednesday’s fire. (Photo by Mike Meadows/Contributing Photographer)
As temperatures climbed into the 90s, Los Angeles firefighters cut a line around a blaze on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, in the San Fernando Valley’s Sepulveda Basin, an area that sees many similar fires. (Photo by Mike Meadows/Contributing Photographer)
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