Brush fire in Sepulveda Pass threatens homes, Getty Center
A Los Angeles County fire helicopter makes a water drop to help extinguish hillside flames as Los Angeles firefighters battle a blaze in the Sepulveda Pass. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Crews were responding Friday afternoon to a fast-moving brush fire along the 405 Freeway in the Sepulveda Pass near the Getty Center. Read the article by Joseph Serna and Rong-Gong Lin II:
A Los Angeles County fire helicopter makes a water drop to help extinguish large hillside flames as Los Angeles firefighters battle a brush fire in the Sepulveda Pass. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Ground crews climb a steep hillside in high heat to extinguish hillside flames as they fight a brush fire in the Sepulveda Pass. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
A view from Bel-Air Park of a quick-moving brush fire erupting in the Sepulveda Pass. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
A super scooper fixed-wing aircraft makes a water drop to help extinguish hillside flames in the Sepulveda Pass. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
A spot fire consumes a tree as Los Angeles ground crews help extinguish hillside flames in steep terrain and high heat as they battle a brush fire in the Sepulveda Pass. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Heavy smoke billows from a wildfire in the hills above the Sepulveda Pass in Los Angeles near the Getty Center art museum, right. The museum is home to one of the world’s major art collections that includes works of Cezanne, Rembrandt, Titian, Van Gogh, and centuries of illuminated manuscripts. (Jeff Cohen / Associated Press)
Traffic is jammed on the northbound 405 Freeway at the 10 Freeway all the way through Getty Center Drive after a brush fire erupted in the Sepulveda Pass east of the 405 Freeway during rush hour. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
A spectator watches water-dropping helicopters fight a brush fire in the Sepulveda Pass while smoke-filled skies darken as the sun sets. (Christina House / For The Times)
A helicopter makes a drop as Los Angeles firefighters aggressively battle a fire near the Getty Center. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Felipe Castro watches the sky fill with a plume of smoke from the brush fire burning in the Sepulveda Pass. He was on a bluff above Imperial Highway overlooking Los Angeles International Airport. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
