A firefighter was injured Wednesday battling a brush fire that scorched an acre in steep terrain in Highland Park.
Dubbed the Pasadena Fire, the blaze was reported at about 1 p.m. Wednesday in Ernest E. Debs Regional Park, near the Pasadena (110) Parkway and the 300 block of South Avenue 52.
Quickly mobilized air and ground units contained and knocked down the blaze by about 1:30 p.m. No structures were threatened by the topography-driven fire as it burned in steep terrain, said Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
No details were immediately released about the firefighter’s injury.
The California Highway Patrol closed the Avenue 52 off-ramp from the Pasadena (110) Parkway and city crews closed Griffin Avenue and Avenue 52 between Montecito Drive and the 110 during the firefight and subsequent mop-up operations.