Air support has been called in to help contain what is now being called the “Lincoln Fire”.
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A brush fire has broken out in a Montebello, California riverbed, near the Whittier Narrows Reserve, according to a report from KTLA. The blaze was around 30 percent contained Momday.
Dan Amador, deputy chief of the Montebello Fire Department, said the fast-moving fire jumped across Lincoln Avenue and spread into the Montebello Hills, onto the nearby PXP oil field.
“It does look like the Montebello Hills are under control”, he added. Authorities said a person of interest has been detained in connection to the fire.
Buildings have been threatened by the flames, however none had been misplaced. He was booked into the Montebello jail Sunday night in lieu of $35,000 bail, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department records.
The Southland was under an extreme heat advisory from the National Weather Service at the time and firefighters are working in 100°f temperatures as they battle the blaze. One firefighter suffered heat exhaustion and was taken to a nearby hospital.
The portion of the fire in Montebello was largely knocked down by about 5:15 p.m. Sunday, with about 50 acres burned, Amador said.
The fire was reported just after 1 p.m. and the smoke can be seen as far away as central Los Angeles.
Two recently arrived SuperScooper water-dropping aircraft leased to the county from the Province of Quebec assisted brushfire strike teams battling the fire.
Firefighters from departments in Monterey Park, Monrovia, Arcadia, Pasadena, South Pasadena, Glendale and San Gabriel were assisting in the firefight, according to a report from the scene. Steve Ruiz said. Some residents left voluntarily, however no mandatory evacuation orders were issued.
Also shut down near the burn area were Lincoln Avenue, San Gabriel Boulevard, Rosemead Boulevard and the Whittier Narrows Recreation Area near the 60 Freeway, Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials said.
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Officials shut down all eastbound lanes of the 60 Freeway at San Gabriel Boulevard about 4:30 p.m.as the fire drew dangerously close to the freeway, according to CHP logs.
