A vegetation fire broke out on a hillside in Pacific Palisades early Wednesday morning.
The fire was reported just before 10 a.m. in the 1400 block of North Palisades Drive, according to a Los Angeles Fire Department emergency alert.
Video from Sky5 shows several hotspots and a column of smoke rising into the morning sky. LAFD Public Information Officer Margaret Stewart confirmed to KTLA that the fire was previously estimated to be 5 acres in size.
Fire trucks and fire helicopters were seen spraying water into hot spots as the fire moved through deep brush adjacent to the Santa Ynez Reservoir.
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“Terrain—not the wind—” [is driving] LAFD’s warning describes it as a “fire with steep slopes,” KTLA 5’s Rich Prickett told Sky5, compared to last week, when Santa Ana winds ravaged parts of Southern California and contributed to its rapid spread. “I didn’t feel much turbulence,” he said. A look at the wildfires in Ventura County.
Smoke billowed up the steep hillside and billowed into the air above the neighborhood immediately adjacent to the fire site.
” [roughly five-acre] LAFD PIO Steward told KTLA by phone: “The fire is adjacent to a reservoir, so there is no immediate threat to residences. Fortunately, this is not wind-driven…water coming in. There are problems,” he said. There are no fire hydrants in the area, so trucks carrying large amounts of water, so-called water tankers, are dispatched to serve as a water source. ”
The cause of the fire is not yet known.
