The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Authorities say a fire burning on a brush-covered ridge between the city of Los Angeles and suburban Glendale is 70 percent contained.
City of Glendale spokesman Ritch Wells says fire officials are hopeful the 40-acre blaze will be fully surrounded late Tuesday or early Wednesday.
The fire was reported at 4:10 p.m. in the Eagle Rock area near the interchange of State Route 134 and Route 2.
Residents of about 25 homes in the Glenoaks Canyon area were asked to voluntarily evacuate for about two hours as flames came within 200 yards.
No homes are damaged and no injuries have been reported.
More than 100 firefighters from Los Angeles, Pasadena, Burbank and Glendale fought the fire on the slopes of the Verdugo Mountains. At least four helicopters made water-dropping runs.
Winds remained light, at around 10 mph. Evening temperatures were in the 80s.
There were at least three other spot fires in the same general area earlier, according to Los Angeles Fire spokesman Devin Gales.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.