Firefighters worked in the air and on the ground Friday to halt a brush fire in Granada Hills that prompted more evacuations as it advanced toward homes.
The fire was first reported at 10:25 a.m. as 2- to 3-acre blaze in the 17200 block of West Sesnon Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Margaret Stewart.
Broadcast video showed firefighters establishing structure protection as police evacuated homes in the neighborhood, with trucks and a bulldozer on the ground and air drops in the nearby brush.
Mandatory evacuations were ordered shortly after 11 a.m. for residents at Balboa Boulevard and Interstate 5 on the east, Tampa Avenue on the west, Sesnon on the south and Sunshine Canyon Road on the north.
Evacuation warnings were issued for the area between Tampa Avenue and Balboa Boulevard, between Rinaldi and Sesnon.