Agua fire reaches over 400 acres with no evacuations in place

The Agua Fire burning near Soledad Canyon and Agua Dulce Canyon roads in Santa Clarita remains at 421 acres Thursday morning and has increased to 50 percent containment.

The fire broke out around 2:00 p.m. Tuesday and grew to 60 acres by about 4:45 p.m. Angeles National Forest reported that the fire grew overnight due to difficulty accessing the area because of steep terrain.

There are no evacuations in place, but Soledad Canyon Road between Agua Dulce Road and Crown Valley Road remains closed Wednesday.

Tuesday, the fire burned into the Angeles National Forest, and county fire crews were joined on the lines by Forest Service firefighters. Crews were battling the flames in triple-digit temperatures that prompted the National Weather Service to issue a Heat Advisory for the Santa Clarita Valley.

One firefighter suffered a minor injury during the firefight.