LAFD Inspector Sean Ferguson reminds homeowners to maintain brush clearance year-round to slow the flames from reaching your home and to give firefighters a chance to get in between your house and the fire front if a brush fire erupts.
— At least one home has been destroyed by a brush fire in the hills of Whittier, behind the Rose Hills Memorial Park.The fire was first reported at about 2:45 p.m. in the hills behind East Banyan Rim Drive, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Just seven acres in the Sycamore Park area have burned so far, but the fire has burned at least two homes and threatens several others.
Two homes are burning and more are threatened by this blaze in Rose Hills…burning near Banyan Rim drive, only a few acres so far but with these winds and dry conditions this fire has major destructive potential
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