EAGLE ROCK (CNS) - You may see new flames and smoke in the area of that 30-acre brush fire that shut down freeway lanes and forced some evacuations yesterday.
The LA City Fire Department tells KNX there have been a few new flare-ups.
They're being doused by water-dropping helicopters and no structures are threatened.
A roughly 30-acre brush fire that forced temporary evacuations in Glendale and prompted freeway lane closures that caused traffic nightmares that persisted into the morning commute was about 50 percent contained today.
No injuries were reported and no buildings burned, Stewart said.
On Sunday afternoon, the fire spread to the north side of the Ventura (134) Freeway and slowly backed its way toward homes in the area.
Smoke from the fire could be seen across a wide area, including from Dodger Stadium, where the Dodgers were playing the New York Yankees.
Five water-dropping helicopters were deployed, and additional ground forces were sent to the scene. More than 200 firefighting personnel were assigned to the effort at the height of the fire.
Mandatory evacuations were ordered by Glendale officials on Glenoaks Boulevard from Mount Carmel Drive to Bywood Drive. The evacuations were lifted about 10 p.m.
The 134 Freeway was shut down on the westbound side at Figueroa Street and on the eastbound side at Glendale Avenue, and the southbound Glendale (2) Freeway was closed at Mountain Street.
The transition road between the westbound 134 and 2 freeways was also shut down, as was the transition road from the southbound Golden State (5) Freeway to the 134 Freeway, the California Highway Patrol reported.
The eastbound 134 was reopened around 11 p.m. and the westbound lanes were reopened about two hours afterward. The southbound 2 Freeway was reopened from the Foothill Freeway and the northbound side was open from the Golden State to the 134 Freeway.
Northbound Glendale Freeway lanes remained closed at the 134 Freeway into the morning commute.
-KNX 1070 contributed to this.