UPDATED 10:12 AM –  A small brush fire burned three acres on a hillside near the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic this morning but was extinguished within an hour.

The fire was reported shortly after 9 a.m. and was located on a hill above the Castaic Animal Shelter, one mile up Charlie Canyon Road near Tapia Canyon Road.

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L.A. County Fire Department units responded with air and ground units to fight the fire and knockdown was reported at 9:45 a.m. No structures were damaged and no one was injured.