10-Acre Brush Fire Was Started by Cigarette
A 10-acre brush fire that burned near homes in Rancho Palos Verdes was ignited by a cigarette, fire officials said Tuesday.
Nearly 100 Los Angeles County firefighters needed almost five hours to extinguish the blaze, which began at 11:07 a.m. on Monday in the Portuguese Bend area. Two helicopters and a Super Scooper plane were used to douse the flames that threatened nearby homes, said county Fire Capt. Donald Divin.
The fire started about five feet from Palos Verdes Drive South, a major thoroughfare, between Narcissa and Peppertree drives. There were no injuries and no structures were damaged.
About an hour later, a smaller brush fire started at 30650 Hawthorne Blvd., about three miles west of the first blaze. That fire, which affected less than one acre, was extinguished rapidly, Divin said. Fire officials aren’t sure what caused the blaze.
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