Firefighters Rescue Dog After Car Collision Causes Brush Fire

CHATSWORTH, CA — A collision near the state Route 118, Ronald Reagan Freeway, caused two cars to catch fire Friday afternoon, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

One 45 year-old man was sent to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries and another injured person declined treatment or ambulance transportation, according to LAFD.

Firefighters stopped forward progress on the car fires 15 minutes. A resultant spot fire down the canyon burned for over two hours and was extinguished just before 5 p.m., according to LAFD.

Firefighters rescued a dog that had escaped from one of the cars and returned it to the owners' family while he is in the hospital, according to LAFD. The dog was uninjured.

Both cars set fire when the collision occurred around 2:30 p.m. on West Santa Susana Pass Road near the 118 freeway, according to California Highway Patrol. The fire immediately spread to the surrounding brush and grass at a medium speed, according to LAFD.

There was no structure damage, according to LAFD.

There was significant traffic on Santa Susana Pass Road and on northbound Topanga Canyon Boulevard Friday afternoon.