BRUSH FIRE DOUSED AFTER 10 ACRES BURN.Byline: Daily News Eighty firefighters assisted by water-dropping helicopters quenched quench tr.v. quenched, quench·ing, quench·es 1. To put out (a fire, for example); extinguish. 2. To suppress; squelch: a brush fire that broke out Friday afternoon beside the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. and blackened black·en v. black·ened, black·en·ing, black·ens v.tr. 1. To make black. 2. To sully or defame: a scandal that blackened the mayor's name. 3. about 10 acres of grass and brush. The fire appeared to have started beside the northbound freeway lanes just north of the Barrel Springs Road overpass. ``We have a knock-down and approximately 50 percent containment,'' 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 Fire Inspector Henry Rodriguez said shortly after 4 p.m. Burning approximately a quarter-mile from the nearest homes, the fire sent smoke blowing across nearby Lake Palmdale, propelled by 15 mph winds. The fire also snarled snarl 1 v. snarled, snarl·ing, snarls v.intr. 1. To growl viciously while baring the teeth. 2. To speak angrily or threateningly. v.tr. traffic on the freeway, as motorists slowed to look. Fire officials were unable immediately to say what started the fire, which was reported at 3:29 p.m. To knock down the fire quickly, Los Angeles County fire officials attacked it with 10 fire engines, five inmate crews, and a bulldozer, plus helicopters. Near Tehachapi, Kern County, U.S. Forest Service, Tehachapi state prison and California City firefighters extinguished grass fires that started about four hours apart and burned about nine acres. The cause of the Kern County fires has not been determined, but officials do not suspect arson, a Kern County Fire Department spokesman said. |
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