Photo Gallery: Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons burn in brush fire

Water is dropped from a helicopter onto a hot spot at a fire in the Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons in Glendale on Friday, May 3, 2013. Hundreds of homes were evacuated. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

May 3, 2013 7:47 PM PT

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Hundreds of firefighters, combined with a massive air attack, were able to contain a fast-moving brush fire in Glendale Friday just hours after it was reported near the Glendale (2) and Ventura (134) freeways. With the aid of several water-dropping helicopters, more than 200 firefighters were able to contain the roughly 75-acre blaze from damaging any structures.

Photo Gallery: Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons burn in brush fire

A fire in the Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons in Glendale on Friday, May 3, 2013. Hundreds of homes were evacuated. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

A fireman from Glendale Station 25 runs with hose to connect to a hydrant on Harvey Aveue to battle a brush fire that erupted along the road which was part of a bigger fire in the Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons in Glendale on Friday, May 3, 2013. Hundreds of homes were evacuated. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Debbie Starr, of Glendale, grabs a hose and sprays water onto the roof of her neighbors who were out of town across the street from a brush fire in the Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons in Glendale on Friday, May 3, 2013. Hundreds of homes were evacuated. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

A Burbank fireman looks up onto the hills where hot spots were igniting at a fire in the Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons in Glendale on Friday, May 3, 2013. Hundreds of homes were evacuated. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

A line crew makes the tough hike to the top of a ridge at a fire in the Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons in Glendale on Friday, May 3, 2013. Hundreds of homes were evacuated. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

A brush fire crew from Fire Camp Holton unload from the back of a truck Chevy Oaks Dr. at a fire in the Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons in Glendale on Friday, May 3, 2013. Hundreds of homes were evacuated. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

A crew from Angeles National Forest fire 17 get instructions before carrying a lot of hose to get lines up to crews in the mountains at a fire in the Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons in Glendale on Friday, May 3, 2013. Hundreds of homes were evacuated. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

A fireman stands on the burned out hillside at a fire in the Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons in Glendale on Friday, May 3, 2013. Hundreds of homes were evacuated. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

A Los Angeles City fire helicopter drops water on a hot spot at a fire in the Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons in Glendale on Friday, May 3, 2013. Hundreds of homes were evacuated. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Miran, 18, and Gourgen Mirimanian show their burned fence and feel really lucky their whole house didn’t burn down at a fire in the Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons in Glendale on Friday, May 3, 2013. Hundreds of homes were evacuated. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

A pair of firefighers, at the top right, spray water onto the leading edge of a fire that is approching the Self Realization Fellowship church on Chevy Chase at a fire in the Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons in Glendale on Friday, May 3, 2013. Hundreds of homes were evacuated. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

The view down Glenoaks Blvd. on Harvey Avenue completely obsucred by thick smoke at a fire in the Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons in Glendale on Friday, May 3, 2013. Hundreds of homes were evacuated. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

A gardener sprays water onto a roof to protect it from a brush fire that was erupting across the street on Harvey Ave. at a fire in the Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons in Glendale on Friday, May 3, 2013. Hundreds of homes were evacuated. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

An L.A. County fire truck drives along Harvey Avenue to a fire in the Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons in Glendale on Friday, May 3, 2013. Hundreds of homes were evacuated. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

A Glendale fireman from Station 25 battles a brush fire along Harvey Avenue at a fire in the Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons in Glendale on Friday, May 3, 2013. Hundreds of homes were evacuated. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

A fireman on Chevy Chase runs to a fire truck at a staging area at a fire in the Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons in Glendale on Friday, May 3, 2013. Hundreds of homes were evacuated. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

A man on the roof Boris Auto Repair, on Chevy Chase, sprays water on the roof of the building to prevent it from catching fire from floating sparks carried from a fire in the Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons in Glendale on Friday, May 3, 2013. Hundreds of homes were evacuated. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

A Los Angeles FD fireman sprays water on burned, but hot ground behind the Self Realization Fellowship at a fire in the Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons in Glendale on Friday, May 3, 2013. Hundreds of homes were evacuated. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Fire crews stage in on a burned out hillside at a fire in the Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons in Glendale on Friday, May 3, 2013. Hundreds of homes were evacuated. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

The fire burned right up to the edge of a property next to the Self Realization Fellowship on Chevy Chase Dr. at a fire in the Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons in Glendale on Friday, May 3, 2013. Hundreds of homes were evacuated. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Water is dropped from a helicopter onto a hot spot over a ridge at a fire in the Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons in Glendale on Friday, May 3, 2013. Hundreds of homes were evacuated. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Water is dropped from a helicopter onto a hot spot at the crest of a ridge at a fire in the Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons in Glendale on Friday, May 3, 2013. Hundreds of homes were evacuated. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

An L.A. County Fire helicopter dives to the other side of a hill to drop water on a hot spot at a fire in the Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons in Glendale on Friday, May 3, 2013. Hundreds of homes were evacuated. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Fire Camp Holton fire crew walk in formation to start the hike up steep terrain off Chevy Oaks Dr. at a fire in the Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons in Glendale on Friday, May 3, 2013. Hundreds of homes were evacuated. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Fire crews pull line up a steep hill at a fire in the Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons in Glendale on Friday, May 3, 2013. Hundreds of homes were evacuated. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

The burned hills behind the Self Realization Fellowship at a fire in the Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons in Glendale on Friday, May 3, 2013. Hundreds of homes were evacuated. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

A Los Angeles fire helecopter flies over a fireman enroute to a water drop on a hot spot at a fire in the Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons in Glendale on Friday, May 3, 2013. Hundreds of homes were evacuated. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Firemen spray water on a hot spot on a burned hillside behind Self Realization Fellowship at a fire in the Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons in Glendale on Friday, May 3, 2013. Hundreds of homes were evacuated. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Fire flares up behind the Self Realization Fellowship on Chevy Chase Dr. at a fire in the Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons in Glendale on Friday, May 3, 2013. Hundreds of homes were evacuated. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

A fire in the Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons in Glendale on Friday, May 3, 2013. Hundreds of homes were evacuated. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

A flare up in a bush along Harvey Avenue at Glenoaks Blvd. at a brush fire in the Glenoaks and Chevy Chase canyons in Glendale on Friday, May 3, 2013. Hundreds of homes were evacuated. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)