Crime & Safety

4 Acre Brush Fire Closes Lanes on 118 Freeway

Los Angeles County Fire Department extinguishes flames within an hour.

A fire burned about four acres of brush today near the westbound Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway north of Chatsworth, but no one was hurt.

The fire was reported shortly after 9 a.m. near Iverson Road, the Los Angeles County Fire Department reported. Firefighters extinguished the flames within an hour.

Three westbound freeway lanes were blocked for a time, the California Highway Patrol reported.

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-- City News Service

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