Brush Fire Near Santa Fe Dam Is One Of 2 LA County Brush Fires

Los Angeles CA

12 May, 2021

7:53 PM

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IRWINDALE, CA — A brush fire erupted near the Santa Fe Dam in Irwindale scorched 10 acres, but no structures were threatened Wednesday afternoon. The blaze was one of two wildfires that broke out in Los Angeles County Wednesday. The Santa Fe Fire erupted for unknown reasons in the 15000 block of east Arrow Highway at about 3:30 p.m., the Los Angeles County Fire Department reported. We are currently working a brush fire inside the Santa Fe Dam with @LACOFD. No structure are involved and no evacuations have been ordered. Follow #SantaFeIC for updates. pic.twitter.com/VapaGGKPw8— Irwindale Police Department (@IrwindalePolice) May 12, 2021 No structures were threatened and no evacuations were ordered as of about 3:45 p.m. The county fire department also battled a much larger blaze in the Antelope Valley, that scorched more than 160 acres in just three hours, forcing evacuations and destroying at least one structure. That fire, dubbed the Pine Fire, forced mandatory evacuation orders for the areas of Antelope Highway to Pine View Road and Buchanan Road to Smoke Tree Road, according to CalFire. SEE ALSO: Pine Fire Forces Evacuations In Los Angeles County City News Service contributed to this report.