Vehicle fire spreads to brush causing half-acre wildfire, Santa Clarita CA


A vehicle caught fire on the right shoulder, and the fire spread to nearby brush. The wildfire covers about half an acre and is moving uphill through heavy vegetation. There are currently no threats to buildings. Firefighters are responding with air and ground support to control the fire.
Audio|Source: ANF-WEST and County Fire Santa Clarita / Palmdale / Lancaster
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Transcript:
00:00
LA, engine 87, I'm going to give you a size up.
00:02
This is a start from a vehicle fire on the right shoulder.
00:06
Spread to the brush, I have approximately half acre running uphill in heavy fuel and I see spotting just above the top of the hill.
00:16
I'm unable to see the extension of it.
00:21
As far as I know, no structures are threatened,
00:24
continue the assignment.
00:25
We have to make sure that someone's manning water tender 87.
00:34
L.A. copies approximately half acre running up to an heavy fuel and no structure to print.
00:44
L.A., can you add Tinder 43 only to the pressure for an 87?
00:59
Tinder 43 only to the Brushfire and 87s, please.
01:07
At 10-483 only.
01:14
LA crew 19-2 is en route.
01:16
I'm a dispatch, MTC not taking.
01:20
You copy.
01:26
LA COPS 314.
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14.
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14 go.
01:31
The helicopter 14 is unseen with engine 87, firming and about a half acre.
01:40
The short-range spot is burning back on itself.
01:44
We have light winds out of the southwest paralleling the freeway and we'll be on the ground.
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Santa Clarita, CA
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