Mandeville Canyon Fire 80 Percent Extinguished
Posted by Daniel Antolin on Sep 6, 2011 - 9:06:18 PM
Brushfire photo courtesy of LAFD
BRENTWOOD—During the late afternoon of Tuesday, September 6, the Los Angeles Fire Department related that a slow-moving brushfire in Mandeville Canyon in Brentwood, which caused nearby residents to evacuate their homes one day prior, was all but extinguished.
On September 6, at 7:06 p.m., LAFD spokeperson Matt Spence tweeted that 80 percent of the brushfire had been contained, which he said torched 40 acres of land. This was based on an aerial survey of the area.
There have been no injuries or structure damage since the brushfire was reported to the LAFD as occurring at 3683 N. Mandeville Canyon Road on Labor Day sometime before 4:10 p.m., when firefighters were still en route and as the fire was slowly moving north. Though no structures were near where the fire was first spotted.
"Grnd and air crews worked hotspots all day. Will maintain watch overnight, [sic]" Spence said.
According to a September 5 tweet from LAFD spokesperson Brian Humphrey, firefighters kept the brushfire abated to about 10 acres as of 10:34 p.m., and that they were working to put out a remaining 50 percent of the blaze through the night. Los Angeles County Fire Department camp crews arrived to assist their efforts.
Super scooper plane on its way to pick up water. Photo courtesy of Will Maguire.
Resident evacuated their homes during the brushfire, which was initially limited to five acres, but spread to 10 acres at a time when the temperature was at 92 degrees. Though LAFD spokesperson Erik Scott told Canyon News that the fire remains under active investigation. Slow moving wind and wind gusts helped them in their efforts. Will Maguire, a Los Angeles-based attorney, tweeted a photo at 5:50 p.m. of a super scooper plane that was on its way to the Pacific Ocean to pick up 1,600 gallons of water to later drop on the fire. It is one of several planes leased to the LAFD from Canada for this purpose.
At 10:27 p.m., residents were allowed to return to their homes. "Severe computer problems" during the height of the fire delayed Humphrey from immediately altering residents about this via Twitter.
Since the Mandeville brushfire broke, LAFD has been tackling other blazes in La Tuna Canyon, the Sepulveda Pass, the Agua Dulce area and Tehachapi.
Ed Shanks, a local resident, was nonetheless grateful for firefighters' efforts. "Just arrived back home in Mandeville. Thank you @LAFD for giving us one to come home to," Shanks tweeted.
"We thank you and your neighbors for both support & patience while we tackled flames," Humphrey tweeted.
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