Firefighters Gain on Two Blazes in Hills
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More than 500 firefighters battled into the night Thursday to control two separate wind-driven fires in the hills near Sunland and Castaic and appeared to be winning both battles, after employees of a shelter for large, exotic animals prepared to evacuate them.
As of late Thursday night, the fires had caused no injuries and damaged no buildings.
One fire in the Angeles National Forest north of Sunland had charred about 400 acres, said Cliff Johnson, fire information officer for the U.S. Forest Service. Another 150 acres burned in an unincorporated area north of Castaic, said John Holt, an inspector with the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
The Castaic fire was 30% contained and no time for full containment was predicted. The Sunland blaze was 60% contained and full containment was predicted by 6 a.m. today.
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