At 2337 HRS, 31 companies of Los Angeles firefighters, firefighters from Los Angeles County, one deputy chief, one assistant chief officer command team, seven battalion chief officer command teams, one EMS battalion captain, two arson units, the tractor company, five LAFD helicopters, two Los Angeles County helicopters, two water tenders, and other support personnel, under the direction of Assistant Chief Roderick Garcia operating under a unified command with Los Angeles County Fire Department, responded to a major emergency brush fire near 20371 Wynfreed Lane in the Porter Ranch area.
First units on the scene reported a brush fire burning east of Browns Canyon in rugged and almost inaccessible terrain. Firefighters using handlines and aided by a substantial number of water drops by LAFD and LA County helicopters aggressively attacked the fire that was being fanned by winds up to 25 mph. The fire was confined to approximately 16 acres of brush that burned partially in Los Angeles City and in Los Angeles County and was extinguished in approximately one hour and 14 minutes. No structures were threatened and no injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is listed as under investigation.