It was first reported just after 11 p.m. near northbound lanes of the freeway in Sherman Oaks, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Firefighters are battling a brush fire that broke out in the Sepulveda Pass near the I-405 Freeway late Wednesday. They say that the blaze, which is being called the Sepulveda Fire, has burned through approximately 20 acres of brush and is moving through heavy brush. There are currently 5 mph winds in the area, firefighters noted. There is no threat to structures and no evacuation orders or warnings have been issued. At around 11:30 p.m.
California Highway Patrol officers issued a SigAlert for the Getty Center Drive offramp on both sides of the 405 Freeway, as well as the Sepulveda Boulevard offramp for southbound lanes at around 12:15 a.m. With SkyCal overhead, dozens of fire engines could be seen parked on roads below the fire, while water-dropping aircraft worked from above. The flames moved slowly uphill towards E. Sepulveda Fire Road, where a helicopter could be seen dropping loads of water on the largest patches of fire.
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