The progress of a what the Los Angeles Fire Department called a major emergency brush fire in the northeast San Fernando Valley was stopped late Wednesday afternoon.
Firefighters were sent to the 10000 block of Sunland Way, just off of Sunland Boulevard, in Shadow Hills shortly after 1 p.m. on what was initially reported as a five-acre brush fire, according to Nicholas Prange of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The fire was burning uphill with winds of about 8 mph reported in the area and grew to 107 acres by about 3:45 p.m., Prange said.
Los Angeles County Fire Department and Burbank Fire Department firefighters were called in to assist the LAFD in battling the fire, and progress was stopped by about 5:10 p.m., Prange said.
The flames were burning in a remote canyon area difficult to access on foot, so the blaze was being fought primarily with water- and retardant-dropping aircraft. The fire was 40% contained as of Wednesday evening.
Firefighters were working to fully extinguish active hot spots near the perimeter and improving containment lines, Prange said.
No homes were immediately threatened by the fire and no injuries were reported.
The fire burned in the footprint of the 2017 La Tuna Fire which burned 7,194 acres, Prange said.
