Brush Fire in Sepulveda Pass Burns 10 Acres
A brush fire that began about 5 p.m. Monday consumed about 10 acres in the Sepulveda Pass, causing long traffic delays for evening commuters on the San Diego Freeway from Mulholland Drive all the way back to Culver City.
Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey said no structures were damaged in the blaze, which took about 150 firefighters, 50 shovelers and three helicopter crews to extinguish. It was the second brush fire in the pass since Saturday. The cause was under investigation Monday evening.
Humphrey noted that most of the city’s devastating fires begin in or sweep through the Sepulveda Pass.
“This is the final warning for citizens in the area who have not prepared their homes for fires,” he said. “There will be no more small fires as the season progresses.”
Humphrey said the two recent fires and others in the pass in recent weeks “offer mixed blessings.” While the charred areas are protected from burning again any time soon, they also make the pass more susceptible to flash flooding and erosion when the rainy season comes, he said.
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