Brush fire breaks out in Eagle Rock near 2 Freeway
Brush fire destroys Eagle Rock hillside home
A brush fire destroyed a hillside home in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles City firefighters took down an uphill brush fire in the Eagle Rock area.
What we know:
The fire broke out in an area near the 2 Freeway and Colorado Boulevard just after 2 p.m. on Thursday, July 16.
Officials initially said the one-acre fire was moving uphill toward Palmer Drive and was threatening homes.
Aerial images from SkyFOX showed one home went up in flames while officials closed at least one lane of the freeway below.
Uphill brush fire breaks out in Eagle Rock
At least one home went up in flames after a fire broke out in Eagle Rock on Thursday afternoon.
By 3 p.m., firefighters had stopped the forward progress before announcing about 30 minutes later that the fire has been knocked down. All residents were accounted for and safely got out, Los Angeles Fire Department officials said.
No injuries have been reported.
The Source: This story was written with information from the Los Angeles Fire Department.