A brush fire in the San Dimas area Friday scorched about 100 acres and left three firefighters injured, but no homes were threatened and forward progress of the flames was stopped within about five hours.
The fire was reported about 4 a.m. near San Dimas Canyon and Golden Hills roads, northeast of San Dimas Canyon Golf Course, and burned uphill, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
The fire’s size was preliminarily listed at 100 acres about 7 a.m., but was downgraded to 65 acres after about an hour, and again listed at 100 acres as of 11 a.m., with containment at 25%, according to the county fire department.
Two county firefighters and one Angeles National Forest firefighter suffered “minor, lower extremity injuries,” the county fire department reported.
Ten aircraft were assigned to the firefighting effort, assisting crews on the ground, according to Angeles National Forest officials. La Verne Fire Department personnel were also sent to the scene.
The cause of the blaze was unknown.