Firefighters battle 50-acre brush fire in Mount Baldy area prompted by vehicle fire

  • Source: KTLA-TV 5 CW Los Angeles
  • Published: 08/03/2021 05:03 PM

Firefighters on Tuesday were battling a brush fire in the Mount Baldy area, officials said. The blaze, dubbed the Antonio Fire, sparked just after 2 p.m. when a vehicle caught fire in the area of Glendora Ridge and Mt. Baldy roads and spread to the brush, the Los Angeles County Fire Department reported. “This fire is 100% in the forest with no structures threatened,” the Fire Department said in a tweet. The fire, which started at about 10-acres, is burning uphill in rough terrain at a moderate rate of spread. As of 5 p.m., the blaze grew to about 50 acres with no containment, officials from the Angeles National Forest said. Smoke from the fire could be seen from the Glendora, La Verne, Claremont, Upland, San Antonio Heights and Rancho Cucamonga.



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