Los Angeles Times

Crews work to control blaze

A 34-acre fire near Warner Bros. lot isn’t advancing and is 15% contained, LAFD says.

- By Carlos Lozano

Firefighte­rs on Sunday continued to contain a fire that broke out in Hollywood Hills near the Warner Bros. Studios lot in Burbank.

The 34-acre Barham fire was 15% contained as of Sunday afternoon, the Los Angeles Fire Department said. Smoke was still visible from the fire zone but the blaze’s forward progress has been halted and it doesn’t pose a danger to any structures.

The fire started just before 2 p.m. Saturday in the 3600 block of Barham Boulevard and quickly scorched the hillside near the studio lot before firefighte­rs were able to get the upper hand, officials said.

More than 230 firefighte­rs — assisted by five waterdropp­ing helicopter­s and two fixed-wing aircraft — were battling the blaze at its peak.

On Sunday, firefighte­rs continued to work on dousing hot spots and containing the blaze.

“Crews will be working throughout the day today, tomorrow, and possibly longer,” the Fire Department said in a statement. “The terrain is very steep and the mop up will be a slow methodical process to eliminate hot spots and smoldering debris. Water drops by air will continue to aid in completing this objective.”

One firefighte­r suffered non-life-threatenin­g injuries to an arm and leg, and was transporte­d to a hospital for treatment, LAFD spokesman Brian Humphrey said.

No mandatory evacuation­s were ordered, and no other injuries were reported.

The cause of the fire has not been determined.

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