ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST : Cooler Weather Helps Firefighters Battle Blaze
Cooler temperatures and increased humidity Tuesday helped firefighters battle a 1,300-acre brush fire burning in the Angeles National Forest near Castaic.
The fire, which started Monday, injured three firefighters and kept two lanes of traffic on the Golden State Freeway closed through Tuesday.
The blaze was 90% contained by noon, with complete containment expected by the evening, County Fire Inspector Joel Harrison said.
Nearly 500 Los Angeles County and U.S. Forest Service firefighters battled the flames, which burned in the triangle formed by Lake Piru, Pyramid Lake and Castaic Lake, he said.
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