201910.30
0

Crews stop growth of fire at Brea Dam area in Fullerton; some lanes of Harbor Boulevard closed

by in News

Crews stopped the forward progress of a fire that burned near the Brea Dam in Fullerton, prompting brief evacuations on Wednesday, Oct. 30.

Flames consumed between one to two acres of light brush near the 1700 block of Harbor Boulevard, Fullerton Fire Division Chief Kathy Schaefer said.  It was initially spotted in a grassy area behind the dam at about 3:44 p.m., Fullerton Police Lt. Tony Bogart said.

Schaefer said a few businesses were temporarily evacuated just south of St Jude’s Medical Center due to smoke and embers from the fire.

Harbor Boulevard was shut down to two lanes on each side between Bastanchury Road and Brea Boulevard. Multiple ground and air crews responded to the fire, and stopped forward progress of the fire as of about 4:30 p.m., Schaefer said.

  • Local fire crews mop up a small, two-acre brush fire just below the Brea Dam in Fullerton on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Local fire crews mop up a small, two-acre brush fire just below St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Sound
    The gallery will resume inseconds

  • Local fire crews mop up a small, two-acre brush fire just below St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Local fire crews mop up a small, two-acre brush fire just below St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Local fire crews march down to help mop up a small, two-acre brush fire just below St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Brea firefighter Ryan Greco helps mop up after local fire crews were able to contain a small, two-acre brush fire just below the Brea Damn in Fullerton on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Local fire crews mop up a small, two-acre brush fire just below St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • A water depth polo is surrounded by blackened land as local fire crews mop up a small, two-acre brush fire just below the Brea Dam in Fullerton on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)

of

Expand

Evacuations were lifted at around 5:15 p.m., fire officials said.

“We did have a strike team go into a nearby neighborhood just because embers and smoke were going into that area, but people just sheltered-in-place,” Schaefer said