Firefighters quickly contain new brush fire in Los Angeles County

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – Fire crews worked quickly to extinguish a new wildfire that erupted near Hansen Canyon Dam in the northeast San Fernando Valley Tuesday evening.

Sky5 aerial footage showed the fire burning near an apartment complex along Foothill Boulevard. It was estimated to be roughly a half-acre in size as of 5:20 p.m.

Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson Margaret Stewart told KTLA 5 News that no evacuations were ordered.

Ground crews who arrived on the scene shortly after the fire started prevented it from extending to the apartment complex’s carport, Sky5 video showed.

The cause of the fire was under investigation. No injuries were reported.

This latest fire sparked as firefighters across Southern California were on heightened alert due to Santa Ana wind conditions developing a week after the deadly wind-fueled Palisades and Eaton wildfires decimated more than 15,000 structures in Pacific Palisades, Malibu, Altadena and Pasadena.