PHOTOS: Brush fire burns near homes in Burbank

A plume of smoke billows over a hillside in Burbank on Wednesday, June 28, 2017. (KABC)

A helicopter drops water on a brush fire burning in the hillsides of Burbank on Wednesday, June 28, 2017. (KABC)

A firefighter uses a hose to keep the flames from spreading to a home in Burbank on Wednesday, June 28, 2017. (KABC)

Firefighters protected a home from a brush fire in Burbank on Wednesday, June 28, 2017. (KABC)

Flames eat up dry brush near a home in Burbank on Wednesday, June 28, 2017. (KABC)

Flames burn a tree near a home in Burbank on Wednesday, June 28, 2017. (KABC)

A fire burns through dry brush on a hillside in Burbank on Wednesday, June 28, 2017. (KABC)

Smoke covers homes on a hillside in Burbank on Wednesday, June 28, 2017. (KABC)

BURBANK, Calif. (KABC) -- Firefighters battled a three-alarm blaze that prompted mandatory evacuations for dozens of homes in Burbank Wednesday afternoon.

All homes on Viewcrest Drive and Howard Court were under mandatory evacuations, according to Burbank Police. Officials said about 50 homes were evacuated.

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