Crime & Safety
Firefighters Douse Small Brush Fire In Echo Park
Firefighters quickly doused a grass fire burning near residential buildings on Sunset Boulevard in Echo Park Thursday afternoon.
ECHO PARK, CA — Crews are making quick work of a quarter-acre grass fire burning near some homes along West Sunset Boulevard Thursday afternoon.
Calls for airdrops were cancelled as firefighters doused the blaze that broke out shortly after 4 p.m. in the 2200 block of West Sunset Boulevard. Though the blaze burned near a handful of residential buildings, none of which were threatened, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
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