Brush fire near 405 Freeway snarls traffic near Mulholland Drive
Courtesy: AlertCalifornia/CALFire
LOS ANGELES - A small brush fire erupted Tuesday afternoon along the southbound side of the 405 Freeway in the Sepulveda Pass, near Mulholland Drive, causing a temporary traffic nightmare for commuters.
Los Angeles fire crews responded to the area around 1:45 p.m. Over 60 firefighters conducted a coordinated ground and aerial attack and extinguished the fire in 42 minutes with no injuries reported. The fire was contained to the side of the freeway and no structures were damaged.
Crews continued to mop up the remaining hot spots.
A SigAlert was issued around 2:20 p.m., shutting down the two right lanes of the southbound 405 Freeway before Getty Center Drive. Traffic in the southbound lanes was backed up to the Valley Vista/Sepulveda Blvd exits.
Normal traffic resumed on the 405 just in time for the evening commute home.
The cause of the fire is currently unknown.