Crime & Safety
Small Brush Fire Threatens Chatsworth Home
Sunday's vegetation fire is the third brush fire in Chatsworth in less than a week. the cause of the blaze remains under investigation.
CHATSWORTH, CA — Firefighters extinguished a small grass fire Sunday in Chatsworth that scorched about a half acre and damaged a patio of a house as well as a shed, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The fire which broke out near 10947 Canoga Ave. was reported at 4:33 p.m., said fire department spokesman Brian Humphrey.
The department dispatched 48 firefighters tot he scene and knocked down the flames in about 33 minutes, Humphrey said.
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No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire remained under investigation. It was the third small brushfire in Chatsworth in less than a week.
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