{"id":110336,"date":"2022-08-31T14:49:02","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T21:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=110336"},"modified":"2022-08-31T14:54:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T21:54:39","slug":"fire-burning-in-about-165-acres-of-brush-in-castaic-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2022\/08\/31\/fire-burning-in-about-165-acres-of-brush-in-castaic-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire burning in about 165 acres of brush in Castaic area"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_110337\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110337\" style=\"width: 996px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Route-Fire-Castaic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-110337\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Route-Fire-Castaic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"996\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Route-Fire-Castaic.jpg 996w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Route-Fire-Castaic-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Route-Fire-Castaic-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 996px) 100vw, 996px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via @LACoFDPIO Twitter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CASTAIC &#8211; Amid searing triple-digit heat, a brush fire erupted Wednesday in dry vegetation in Castaic, with the flames quickly consuming more than 165 acres.<\/p>\n<p>Two Los Angeles County Fire Department firefighters suffered minor heat-related injuries while battling the blaze and were taken to hospital for treatment, according to the department.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Route Fire<\/strong> was reported around 12 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31, near the northbound Golden State (5) Freeway near Lake Hughes Road, according to the county fire department.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; \" id=\"theav-492966937\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4504301096758439\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4504301096758439\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5907184250\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Initially reported at 20 acres, the flames quickly covered 60 acres and then doubled in size by early afternoon, with on-scene crews putting the blaze at 136 acres. Cal Fire reported about 2:30 p.m. that the Route Fire had grown to about 165 acres.<\/p>\n<p>There was no immediate word of any structures being threatened by the three-alarm blaze. Reports from the scene indicated that students and staff at a nearby elementary school were told to shelter in place, but there were no reports of any evacuations.<\/p>\n<p>Crews in helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft were dispatched to the scene in hopes of halting the progress of the fast-moving fire.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after 1 p.m., the northbound 5 Freeway was closed at Parker Road, just south of the fire scene, according to the California Highway Patrol. A short time later, flames jumped the northbound freeway lanes and began creeping toward the southbound lanes, prompting a closure of traffic in that direction as well.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">**UPDATE**<br \/>\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RouteFire?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RouteFire<\/a> was balanced to a 2nd alarm fire at approximately 12:32 p.m. No structures threatened at this time. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uIPPSNyWX6\">pic.twitter.com\/uIPPSNyWX6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 L.A. County Fire Department (@LACoFDPIO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LACoFDPIO\/status\/1565068358990450688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CASTAIC &#8211; Amid searing triple-digit heat, a brush fire erupted Wednesday in dry vegetation in Castaic, with the flames quickly consuming more than 165 acres. Two Los Angeles County Fire Department firefighters suffered minor heat-related injuries while battling the blaze and were taken to hospital for treatment, according to the department. 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