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Airdrops and Hotshots Stop Brushfire in Angeles National Forest Near Palmdale
['Contributing Editor']
MyNewsLA.com
It took less than one hour Saturday for firefighters to stop the forward rate of spread of a 225 sq.
foot brushfire south of Little Rock Dam in the Angeles National Forest.
The fire was first reported at 11:47 a.m. Saturday by Angeles National Forest officials on X, formerly Twitter.
Its location was described as Cheeseboro Road north of Mt.
A Los Angeles County Fire Department helicopter made airdrops and the Texas Canyon Hotshots battled flames on the ground to hold the fire to a 15-foot-squre area in light grass and brush, fire officials said at 12:38 p.m.Hotshot crews are described as the Special Forces of wildland firefighting.