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Firefighters are battling a brush fire that broke out in the Sepulveda Pass near the I-405 Freeway late Wednesday.
It was first reported just after 11 p.m. near northbound lanes of the freeway in Sherman Oaks, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
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They say that the blaze, which is being called the Sepulveda Fire, has burned through approximately 20 acres of brush and is moving through heavy brush. There are currently 5 mph winds in the area, firefighters noted.
There is no threat to structures and no evacuation orders or warnings have been issued. At around 11:30 p.m., an evacuation warning was issued for people living in the 1500 block of Casiano Road north of Moraga Drive east of Sepulveda Boulevard, west of Chalon Road.
Below is a searchable map showing evacuation orders updated in real time.
California Highway Patrol officers issued a SigAlert for the Getty Center Drive offramp on both sides of the 405 Freeway, as well as the Sepulveda Boulevard offramp for southbound lanes at around 12:15 a.m.
With SkyCal overhead, dozens of fire engines could be seen parked on roads below the fire, while water-dropping aircraft worked from above. The flames moved slowly uphill towards E. Sepulveda Fire Road, where a helicopter could be seen dropping loads of water on the largest patches of fire.
The cause of the fire is not yet known.
This is a developing story. Check back for details.
