080324 - Sepulveda Basin Blaze Scorches 75 Acres

SEPULVEDA BASIN - The Los Angeles Fire Department responded by ground and air to battle a brush fire driven by shifting winds in summer heat, near the Apollo 11 Model Aircraft Field in the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area on August 3, 2024. It took 69 LAFD Firefighters a little more than 90 minutes to stop forward progress of the fire, which consumed 75 acres of urban wildland, but thankfully caused no injury.