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Small Fire Ignites On COC Hillside

collegefireA small brush fire burned less than an acre of hillside on the Valencia campus of College of the Canyons Tuesday afternoon.

The blaze is said to have been started by a discarded cigarette butt near a trash bin, which spread to some pine trees near the welding shop on campus.

 

No structures were involved or threatened and the fire was knocked down within a half-hour.


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Fire crews are still on scene for mop-up and making sure there are no hot spots.

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Top photo by Carl Goldman, photos 2,3,4 by Logan Halaby

Small Fire Ignites On COC Hillside

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