Flames Erupt In Sepulveda Basin As Fires Ravage SoCal
VAN NUYS (CBSLA) — Flames erupted Thursday in the Sepulveda Basin as fires ravaged Southern California.
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The approximately 60-acre fire sparked in the area of Woodley Avenue and Burbank Boulevard around 4:10 p.m.
As of 5:30 p.m., the southbound 405 off-ramps to Victory Boulevard and Burbank Boulevard were closed.
Firefighters continued to attack the fire from ground and air in an attempt to slow its progress.
The fire was 80% contained as of 10 p.m.
Homeless people in the area were being evacuated south to the 101 Freeway.
No injuries were reported and no structures were immediately threatened.
A fire erupted in the same area in July and tore through about 10 acres of thick brush.
Fire crews said as many as 100 homeless people were living in the burn area in an estimated 50 or more encampments. Homeless services officials were called to the scene to help relocate them.