Brush Fire Scorches Hacienda Heights Hillside
HACIENDA HEIGHTS (CBSLA.com) — About 1½ acres of a hillside was burned in a brush fire near Rose Hills Memorial Park cemetery on Saturday evening.
The response to the 5 p.m. blaze near 3888 Workman Mill Road included three helicopters, a bulldozer, eight engines and about 70 firefighters, according to a Los Angeles County Fire Department supervising dispatcher.
The fire was under control within a little more than an hour, dispatcher Bernard Peters said. There were no injuries, and the blaze did not threaten any structures.
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