MONROVIA, Calif. (KABC) -- As many as 40 vehicles burned as flames raced through a junkyard in an unincorporated area near Monrovia Monday night, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
The fire broke out shortly after 7 p.m. in the 2400 block of Citrus View Avenue.
Several homes on Alice Rodriguez Circle were evacuated as a precaution, Irwindale police said.
Between 100 and 200 vehicles were saved due to crews' quick and aggressive firefighting actions, according to fire officials.
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No one was injured. The cause of the fire was under investigation.
City News Service contributed to this report.
KABC
Flames burn several vehicles at a junkyard in the 2400 block of Citrus View Avenue near Monrovia on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015.