Aug 14, 2007 5:10 pm US/Pacific
Brush Fire Breaks Out In L.A.'s Griffith Park
LOS ANGELES (CBS) ―
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A brush fire broke out Tuesday in Griffith Park.
CBS
Crews appeared to be making quick work Tuesday afternoon of a brush fire that broke out in a ravine below Los Angeles' Griffith Park Observatory, which was threatened by a huge blaze three months ago.
The blaze was reported by a Griffith Park ranger about 4:15 p.m., said Ron Myers of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Firefighters aggressively attacked the flames -- mainly from the air -- on a day when high temperatures coupled with low humidity caused the National Weather Service to issue a Red Flag Warning.
Myers told reporters it was too early "to tell the point of origin," but investigators would try to determine what sparked the flames, which blackened about an hour or two.
About 800 acres -- about a third of the huge park -- were consumed in a fire that began May 8 and was apparently sparked by a cigarette.
"It does appear we are getting a fair handle on this, but we can get spot fires burning downwind," Myers said.
The observatory itself has a large swath of fire breaks around it.
Broadcast footage showed people filing out of the observatory and watching the flames in the ravine below.
The Observatory will be reportedly closed for the remainder of the evening.
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