No Injuries, Structural Damage in 2 Fires
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SUN VALLEY — Two fires--one of them accidentally ignited by a brush-clearing crew--blackened about 25 acres Monday in Sun Valley and Calabasas before being extinguished by scores of firefighters, authorities said.
The largest of the fires, which started about 2:20 p.m. at Wentworth Street and Stonehurst Avenue, burned about 20 acres of brush and grass south of Hansen Dam and east of Hansen Dam Golf Course, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Bob Collins said. It was put out in about half an hour.
Authorities were investigating the cause of the fire, which drew 14 engine companies, four county fire crews and two water-dropping helicopters--more than 70 firefighters.
In the other blaze, a National Park Service crew was clearing weeds at Lost Hills and Las Virgenes roads when a worker’s power tool apparently struck a rock, striking sparks that began a fire that burned about five acres of brush, county Fire Capt. Curtis Vernon said.
Las Virgenes Road was briefly closed, Inspector Henry Rodriguez said, until firefighters quelled the flames about two hours and fifteen minutes later--about 4 p.m.
Seven engine companies, seven hand crews and two helicopters--about 70 firefighters--fought the fire, Vernon said.
Neither fire threatened any structures, authorities said, and there were no injuries reported.
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