Progress on Sepulveda fire near 405 Freeway halted, evacuation warnings lifted

Firefighters halted the forward progress of a 40-acre brush fire in Sepulveda Pass near the I-405 Freeway late Wednesday.

The fire was first reported just after 11 p.m. near the northbound lanes of the freeway in Sherman Oaks, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

The Sepulveda Fire had burned through approximately 40 acres of brush amid 8-15 mph winds, with gusts up to 25 mph. About 250 Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters quickly responded to the area, according to Cal Fire.

Around 11:30 p.m., evacuation warnings were issued for people living in the 1500 block of Casiano Road north of Moraga Drive east of Sepulveda Boulevard and west of Chalon Road.

Just before By 1:00 a.m., no visible flames could be seen on the hillside as several water-dropping helicopters continued to strafe the area, completely halting progress about an hour later.

At 02:00, all evacuation warnings were lifted.

Below is a searchable map showing evacuation orders updated in real time.

California Highway Patrol officers issued a SigAlert for the Getty Center Drive off-ramp on both sides of the 405 Freeway, as well as the Sepulveda Boulevard off-ramp for southbound lanes around 10 p.m. 12:15 p.m.

Around 04.30 on Thursday, at The CHP canceled the SigAlert reopening of the sacrifices.

With SkyCal overhead, dozens of fire trucks could be seen parked on roads below the fire, while water-dropping planes worked from above. The flames slowly moved uphill toward the E. Sepulveda Fire Road, where a helicopter could be seen dropping lots of water on the largest fire spots.

The cause of the fire is not yet known.

The fire scene was just miles east over the Santa Monica Mountains from current areas still under evacuation orders from the destroyers Palisades Firewhich erupted earlier in January, burning more than 23,000 acres and destroying thousands of homes.