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Firefighters Monday quickly extinguished a quarter- acre brush fire in the Browns Canyon area near Porter Ranch, and no structures were threatened.
The fire was reported shortly before 9 a.m. near Browns Canyon Road, according to the LA County Fire Department. No injuries were reported.
The fire came as red flag warnings were in force denoting a high danger of wildfire through at least Thursday in Los Angeles and Orange counties because of strong Santa Ana winds and low humidity.
—City News Service