LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles firefighters say they have contained a brush fire that threatened homes in a densely populated neighborhood along a freeway.
The fire broke out Sunday along State Route 2, scorching dry brush and trees and burning two structures described as toolsheds.
The freeway was closed as firefighters chased embers and hosed down backyards to douse flames and prevent them from flaring up again.
Neighbors in the Silver Lake area worked together to fight the blaze before firefighters arrived.
Paul Gaffner says he returned home from swimming at a pool to find a neighbor spraying down his burning yard.
The fire ignited as a heat wave sizzles across the region. Firefighters were working in triple-digit temperatures.