PALMDALE (CNS) - It took less than one hour Saturday for firefighters to stop the forward rate of spread of a 225 sq. foot brushfire south of Little Rock Dam in the Angeles National Forest.
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The fire was first reported at 11:47 a.m. Saturday by Angeles National Forest officials on X, formerly Twitter. Its location was described as Cheeseboro Road north of Mt. Emma Road.
A Los Angeles County Fire Department helicopter made airdrops and the Texas Canyon Hotshots battled flames on the ground to hold the fire to a 15- foot-squre area in light grass and brush, fire officials said at 12:38 p.m.
Hotshot crews are described as the Special Forces of wildland firefighting.
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