Crime & Safety
Fire Crews Contain Brush Fire in Echo Park
A brush fire in Echo Park took firefighters more than an hour to contain Monday. Smoke could be seen for miles.
ECHO PARK, CA — Fire crews extinguished a brush fire that burned through at least a quarter acre of vegetation Monday in Echo Park Monday, and no damage to structures was reported.
According to Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Nicholas Prange, firefighters responded to a report of a light brush fire in the 1400 block of West Academy Road shortly before 1:30 p.m. Monday.
It took 34 firefighters 73 minutes to extinguish the fire without any injuries reported.
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Prange said firefighters remained on scene to ensure full containment.
The cause of the fire was under investigation.
