AZUSA, Calif. (KABC) -- A vehicle crashed over the side of a roadway and plummeted 100 feet down the Angeles National Forest above Azusa, killing at least one person and sparking a small brush fire Monday.
Los Angeles County Fire Department officials responded to the crash near San Gabriel Dam at Mile Marker 21.67 shortly after 5 p.m.
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Search-and-rescue crews worked to reach the crash site after a witness reported seeing the vehicle go over the side and catch fire.
California Highway Patrol officials later confirmed at least one fatality in the incident.
The crash sparked a blaze, which burned at least two acres, but the forward progress was quickly stopped by firefighters at the scene.
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Highway 39 was expected to be closed from Morris Dam until Tuesday morning.