Firefighters are continuing to increase containment on the Post Fire in Gorman, which has been burning since Saturday. UPDATE (6/24 9:05 a.m.) Containment on the Post Fire has risen to 90 percent as of Monday morning. Firefighting agencies plan to continue monitoring hot spots. Evacuation orders and evacuation warnings have been lifted. #PostFire Update: 15,690 acres w/ an increased to ...

A brush fire broke out near Gorman Saturday afternoon, quickly spreading to hundreds of acres in size. Ed. Note: This story will no longer be updated as of 6/17. Further Post Fire Updates are available here. UPDATE (8:20am Monday 6/17) As of Monday morning, the Post Fire remains at 14,626 acres in size, with containment increased to 8 percent, according ...

On Saturday afternoon, a brush fire broke out in Agua Dulce. UPDATE (3:33 pm) Southbound Sierra Highway is expected to remain closed for at least another hour as firefighters work to clean up the Preston Fire, according to the California Highway Patrol. Original Story: Around 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, firefighters received reports of a brush fire located at the intersection of ...

A vehicle fire was extinguished by firefighters Friday morning in Gorman. Around 11 a.m. Friday, firefighters received reports of a vehicle fire on the southbound 5 Freeway south of Frazier Mountain Road in Gorman. A GMC truck was fully involved, according to California Highway Patrol (CHP) logs. Once on scene, firefighters quickly extinguished the flames that burned the truck and ...

Two brush fires broke out in Valencia on Wednesday afternoon. The first brush fire was reported at 2:06 p.m. on Rockwell Canyon Road and Boulevard, according to Kaitlyn Aldena, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department.  “The fire was about one eighth of an acre,” said Aldena.  Crews were able to knock down the fire at approximately 2:22 p.m., ...

A brush fire north of Castaic has broken out Wednesday. The brush fire, dubbed the Cherry Fire, was first reported shortly after 12 p.m. on Highway 138 near Quail Lake Road in Gorman, said Kaitlyn Aldana, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. As of 12:14 p.m., the Cherry Fire is at two acres. “The fire is burning ...

A motorhome caught fire in Canyon Country Sunday evening. Just before 7 p.m. Sunday, firefighters received reports of a structure fire in the 30500 block of Briggs Road in Canyon Country, said Giovanni Sanchez, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. “It was a fully involved motorhome fire,” Sanchez said. The fire spread to the nearby brush, but ...

A person was injured after a fire broke out in a Newhall home Wednesday afternoon. Around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, first responders received reports of a structure fire in the 24800 block of Aden Avenue in Newhall, said Luis Garcia, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is a small fire in the attic that was quickly extinguished, ...

A brush fire broke out in Canyon Country Monday afternoon. The brush fire, dubbed the Whitney Fire, was first reported around 2:25 p.m. on Via Princessa and Whites Canyon Road in Canyon Country, said Kaitlyn Aldana, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. As of 2:29 p.m., the fire is at a half acre with no structures threatened. ...

Monday, Congressman Mike Garcia’s, R- Santa Clarita, Fire Weather Development Act passed the House on a bipartisan basis. The Fire Weather Development Act legislation would improve our ability to forecast and detect wildfires and streamline communication during emergency events to better support communities vulnerable to wildfires, according to Garcia’s office. “Our community is all too familiar with the dangers that ...