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Palmdale brush fire scorches 60+ acres

by K. Enrique • July 31, 2012

About 200 firefighters, with the aid of water dropping helicopters, contained the blaze in less than an hour.
Smoke could be seen over the hill from miles away.

PALMDALE – A brush fire near Avenue S and the Antelope Valley (14) Freeway blackened approximately 68 acres Tuesday afternoon, fire officials said.

“We were dispatched out to a reported grass fire at about 4:07 p.m., then we bumped that up to a full brush assignment, and then we bumped that up to a second alarm fire,” said Los Angeles County Fire Inspector Quvondo Johnson.

Johnson said about 200 firefighters responded to the scene and were assisted by two bulldozers and water-dropping helicopters.

He said 20-mph winds kept the fire moving, but firefighters were still able to contain the blaze in less than an hour.

No evacuations were necessary.

Official knockdown was called at 5:01 p.m., fire officials said.

The site of the blaze, reported as Avenue S and Tierra Subida Avenue, was just a few miles away from the fire that burned 200+ acres near the Anaverde community on July 3.

 

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Filed Under: Palmdale

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