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LOS ANGELES (KTLA) - Firefighters are racing to incorporate a caller wildfire that broke retired adjacent to homes successful the country of Calabasas and Hidden Hills, northwest of Los Angeles, connected Thursday afternoon.
The Kennith Fire was archetypal reported astir 2:30 p.m. successful an country of adust brushwood successful the Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve, northbound of the 101 Freeway.
The size of the occurrence was not instantly known. Homes appeared to beryllium imminently threatened.
The Los Angeles Fire Department has issued a mandatory evacuation bid for Vanowen Street southbound to Burbank Boulevard, County Lane Road eastbound to East Valley Circle Boulevard.
Sky5 presumption of a wildfire successful the country of Hidden Hills and Calabasas, California connected Jan. 9, 2025. (KTLA)
Sky5 presumption of a wildfire successful the country of Hidden Hills and Calabasas, California connected Jan. 9, 2025. (KTLA)
Sky5 presumption of a wildfire successful the country of Hidden Hills and Calabasas, California connected Jan. 9, 2025. (KTLA)
Sky5 footage showed helicopters dropping retardant astir the fire's perimeter and fixed-wing craft dumping h2o to support homes.
Smoke was billowing crossed the 101 Freeway.
This latest occurrence has emerged arsenic crews conflict to incorporate 2 different important wildfires that person destroyed respective 1000 structures successful the Los Angeles metro area: the 17,000-acre Palisades Fire successful Pacific Palisades and Malibu and the Eaton Fire successful Altadena and Pasadena.
This is simply a processing story. Stay with KTLA 5 News for updates.
