Brush fire burns vegetation along Burbank hillsides

BURBANK, Calif. (KABC) -- A brush fire tore through vegetation along Burbank hillsides on Friday, creating thick pillars of smoke seen for miles.




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The blaze ignited around 1:30 p.m. near Harvard Road and N. Sunset Canyon Drive. It started as a 1-acre grass fire, but spread quickly through the dry brush.

Crews from the Burbank Fire Department and Los Angeles County Fire Department responded to the third-alarm fire.



Officials said all area recreation areas, including Wildwood Canyon and the Stough Nature Center, were shut down due to the blaze. No residential evacuation orders were given.
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Sunset Canyon Drive and Bel Aire Road were shut down between Cypress Avenue and Walnut Avenue.



The cause of the blaze was not immediately known.