The blaze started Saturday in Calabasas after a vehicle crashed into a power pole and started three separate fires, the Associated Press reported.
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Fire officials said Saturday the cause of the fire was not confirmed but there were reports that the fire had three separate starts.
Firefighters are reporting that they possibly have about 75 percent of a 516-acre brush fire in Calabasas, California contained as water-dropping helicopters and hundreds of firefighters worked around the clock to extinguish the blaze.
The fire started as three blazes that erupted after a auto hit a power pole and authorities said.
As reported on Kylie Jenner’s Snapchat, a 200-acre brush fire in Calabasas, a small Los Angeles County city some 10 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean, was threatening thousands of homes and prompting evacuations on Saturday. So far, two residences have suffered minor damage, and one commercial building has been destroyed.
The fire near the wealthy and semi-rural enclave of Calabasas is 80 percent contained early Sunday evening – up from 30 percent at daybreak.
Crews working in steep canyons took advantage of cooler temperatures and calmer winds as they held back a brush fire that drove residents from homes in the hills northwest of Los Angeles. All persons in areas which contain visible smoke or the obvious odor of smoke are being told to avoid unnecessary exposure to the outdoor and limit any physical exertions (whether indoor or outdoor), such as exercise.
“The fire is on the side of a mountain, it’s not on any road, and we are trying to get firefighters up there”, Tripp said at a morning news conference. Tripp says hot, dry conditions a day earlier led to spot fires that had crews scrambling. Sunday’s high in Calabasas was expected to be in the mid-80s.
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Santa Monica Firefighters answered a request from Los Angeles County Fire Department Saturday for Mutual Aid to assist with the battle against the Old Fire. Residents of Calabasas have been allowed to return home, but evacuation orders remain in the Topanga area. They are being told to stay indoors as much as is possible even if in their area smoke, soot or ash can not be detected with the naked eye.
