Brush Fire Breaks Out Near 110 Freeway

HIGHLAND PARK, CA — Firefighters battled a half-acre brush fire near the Pasadena (110) Freeway in Montecito Heights early Tuesday morning.

The blaze broke out in medium to heavy brush on a slope near Avenue 64, west of freeway according to Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department.

Firefighters are getting a hand line in place and additional resources are not anticipated to be required, Stewart said.

No structures were threatened in the blaze, and no one was injured, added Stewart.

City News Service contributed to this report.