Brush fire grows quickly to 160 acres at Lake Castaic

Brush fire grows quickly to 160 acres at Lake Castaic

by Staff and news service reports

CASTAIC — A 160-acre brush fire was burning Saturday afternoon along a cove at Lake Castaic.

It was reported by lifeguards just after 4 p.m. as a 1/4-acre brushfire, which quickly spread to 20 acres, said Los Angeles County Fire Department officials. It was later measured at 160 acres.

|Update| #CastaicFire The fire has grown to 150 acres. pic.twitter.com/b9Gno7GjZW

— Angeles_NF (@Angeles_NF) August 2, 2020

#CastaicFire The fire has grown to 160 acres with 0% containment.

— Angeles_NF (@Angeles_NF) August 2, 2020

A helicopter over the fire reported it had a potential to spread to 200 to 300 acres.

The fire was determined to be on U.S. Forest Service land and Los Angeles County said it would assist USFS firefighters.

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