VALLEY ROUNDUP : Angeles National Forest : 2 Prisoners Hurt Fighting Brush Fire

Two inmate firefighters were injured Thursday while battling a brush fire that blackened 210 acres in rugged terrain in the San Gabriel Mountains, the U.S. Forest Service said.

The blaze broke out around 2

Label 2: 40 p.m. in the 33100 block of Bouquet Canyon Road, between Sierra Pelona Truck

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Trail and Del Sur Road in the Angeles National Forest, said U.S. Forest Service spokesman Tony Heinan.

The fire was 50% contained late Thursday, and fire officials said full containment was expected by this morning.

Los Angeles County and the Forest Service deployed more than 200 firefighters, who fought the flames with the aid of four water-dropping helicopters and four air tankers.

Officials said that no property was damaged, but that two inmates assigned to a Los Angeles County fire camp crew sustained injuries. Authorities did not say where the inmates are incarcerated.

One man was cut while using a chain saw to carve through deep brush, Heinan said. Another was overcome by respiratory problems. Heinan said the inmates were being evacuated, and they were being treated at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital. The extent of their injuries was not known.

Bouquet Canyon Road was closed in both directions near the the fire, he said.