Firefighters Saturday contained a brushfire that consumed more than three acres of vegetation in the Ballona Creek Wetlands of Playa del Rey.
The fire was reported at 5:34 p.m. at 13600 W. Culver Blvd., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Brian Humphrey.
It was considered a major emergency fire that was battled by 86 LAFD firefighters on the ground and air with help from Los Angeles County and Culver City firefighters.
The fire started at one-quarter acre and spread to 3 1/2 acres, but Humphrey later reported that firefighters were “making significant progress.”
At 6:30 p.m., the fire was fully contained within lines of cleared vegetation with firefighters remaining to put out the last of the flames and hot spots, he said.
No structures were ever threatened, he said.
“Though the genesis of the fire appears related to a full-sized sport utility vehicle that was well involved with fire on LAFD arrival, with flames fanned by light on-shore winds already spread into nearby volatile vegetation, the specific and official cause of the fire has yet to be determined,” Humphrey said.
The firefight required that one or more lanes of Culver and Jefferson boulevards west of Lincoln Boulevard be closed until operations were complete, he said.
Law enforcement in the area received calls from around the area from people who saw heavy black smoke.