Photos: L.A. County Fire Three structures had burned and 500 acres of brush were charred by midnight Sunday as the Warm Fire raged out of control near the Warm Springs Rehab Center on Lake Hughes Road east of Castaic. Two dorms at the rehab center were destroyed and one was damaged. “We’re still...

Los Angeles County firefighters made quick work of a quarter-acre blaze that burned grass in the vicinity of last week’s fire south of Newhall Avenue between Sierra Highway and the 14 Freeway. The fire was reported at 1:02 p.m. and personnel were on scene by 1:07 p.m. The fire burned a hillside...

A brush fire in the Newhall Pass wreaked havoc on rush-hour traffic Friday afternoon. The blaze broke out shortly before 4 p.m. near the Sierra Highway on-ramp to the 14 Freeway and quickly consumed 3 to 4 acres of brush. The truck lanes were closed, as was the entire 14 Freeway for a short time as...

Update 7:05 p.m.: 100 percent containment, 16 acres.   Update 5:52 p.m.: Forward progress of the fire has been knocked down; 10 to 15 acres. Hose lines around 75 percent of the fire.   Update 5:30 p.m.: Sigalert issued for slow lane of southbound SR-14 for one hour. Sierra Highway closed at...

A 2-acre brush fire in a rural area of Acton was extinguished early Wednesday morning, July 8, 2015, by fast acting Los Angeles County firefighters. Sheriff’s Arson Explosives Detail detectives responded to Soledad Canyon Road and Crown Valley Parkway, Acton, at approximately 4:15 a.m. Friday to assist...

Fire crews suppressed a 1.5-acre a brush fire caused by illegal fireworks in the 22600 block of La Rochelle Drive, near Pamplico Drive in Saugus. The fire was reported at 6:39 p.m. and firefighters were on scene within five minutes. Fire officials said they had drawn a line around the fire shortly after...

A double-wide mobile home on a hilltop above the Lily of the Valley Mobile Home Park in Bouquet Canyon burned to the ground Monday. The fire broke out shortly before noon Monday and spread to vehicles and outbuildings, but firefighters got a handle on it and it engaged relatively little brush. The mobile...

Update 5 p.m.: The fire is out. Total acres burned: 32.   Fire officials are reporting a brush fire near the Northbound 5 freeway in Castaic north of Lake Hughes Road is now 90 percent contained. The fire is approximately 15 acres and no active flames are visible. Los Angeles Fire Department aircraft...

Photo: Sara Murcia UPDATE 2:19 p.m. “(The cause of the fire was a) traffic accident on the 14 freeway in a southbound lane that went into the hillside,” said Assistant Fire Chief Gregory Hisel. “One patient was injured and transported to the hospital, but at the time (the crash) caused a brush...

[KHTS] – A small fire broke out near Bouquet Canyon Road on Sunday at around 1:45 p.m. Fire officials reported a downed power line and the fire covered a quarter of an acre on a hillside in between houses in the 27000 block of Garza Drive. A blown transformer may have caused the brushfire, according...