3 FIRES BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL.Byline: Orith Goldberg Staff Writer Fire season was well under way Tuesday as firefighters responded to three small fires that erupted in the span of an hour. The fires were quickly extinguished after U.S. Forest Service and Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County firefighters arrived at the locations and were aided by two fixed-wing SuperScoopers. The first fire erupted at 2:18 p.m. Tuesday, in the 31600 block of Tick Canyon Road, where a travel trailer A travel trailer or caravan is a trailer towed behind a road vehicle (or even a horse) to provide a place to sleep which is more comfortable, sheltered and protected than a tent (although there are fold-down tent trailers [1]) . caught fire and spread to surrounding brush. About two acres burned before the flames were brought under control about 2:53 p.m., officials said. After the SuperScoopers helped extinguish Extinguish Retire or pay off debt. the motor home fire, they were immediately dispatched to another grass fire that erupted at 2:24 p.m. Tuesday on the northbound Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley (14) Freeway near Red Rover Red Rover (also known as Bullrush; Forcing the City Gates; Octopus Tag; and British Bulldog) is an outdoor game played primarily by children on playgrounds. "Red Rover" was very popular into the 1970s. Mine Road. The fire spread about one acre and was brought under control about 3:49 p.m., officials said. A third spot grass fire started behind Fire Station 24 in Palmdale and was quickly extinguished. The station is located on Avenue P and Tenth Street West. The cause of the fires remained under investigation Tuesday afternoon, officials said. |
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