SMALL FIRE KNOCKED DOWN.Byline: - Daily News NEWHALL - A small brush fire burned Friday afternoon in the Newhall Pass Newhall Pass is a mountain pass in Los Angeles County, California, USA. Historically called San Fernando Pass and Fremont Pass, it separates the Santa Susana Mountains from the San Gabriel Mountains. , but was knocked down in just 40 minutes, 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 reported. Flames broke out about 4:20 near the Oak Tree Gun Club on Coltrane Avenue in Weldon Canyon Weldon Canyon is a canyon in Los Angeles County, California, United States, through which Interstate 5 passes. The Old Road, now paralleled by I-5, opened on May 28, 1930 through the canyon as a bypass of the 1910 Newhall Tunnel. , west of the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. . Firefighters declared it knocked down at 5 p.m. The fire burned two to three acres of brush and some oak trees, but caused no injuries or serious damage. Firefighters were airlifted into the largely inaccessible canyon. The fire briefly jumped its containment, but the flames were quickly doused. |
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