Fire crews are battling a quarter acre blaze on the shoulder of highway 14 near Newhall Ave. as of 3:20, fire officials said.

“A quarter acre grass fire right now,” is what the crews are handling, said Captain Ron Singleton with the L.A. County Fire Department. “We’ve got a handle on it”

The fire began as a car fire, Singleton said, but quickly spread to the surrounding brush.

However, by 3:20 p.m. on-scene first responders had a handle on the fire, and all aircraft assigned to the incident were recalled.

Traffic on both sides of the 14 is being impacted, with slow speeds coming out of or going into the 5/14 split.

A SIGalert has been issued for the number 5 and 6 lanes of the freeway while LACoFD officials work.

KHTS will update this story as more information is released.