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A small brush fire broke out when a car went over the side a road Sunday above Chatsworth, striking a power pole and causing minor injuries to one person.

The crash was reported at 2:35 p.m. in the 10800 block of North Santa Susana Pass Road, Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department said.

A male in the vehicle was in fair condition when taken to a hospital, Stewart said.

The fire was knocked down by 2:54 p.m., she said. It burned about one-third of an acre.

A large contingency of firefighters was scrambled to fight the fire, by the city as well as Los Angeles and Ventura counties.

— City News Service

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