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Santa Ana winds drive wildfires, scorching over 13,000 acres in LA Evacuations ordered as fires destroy over 1,000 structures Winds to subside, aiding efforts to control LA’s raging wildfires ...

A brush fire that blazed through the San Fernando Valley’s Sepulveda Basin was fully contained Thursday, authorities said. Adding to a string of vegetation fires, the flames were initially ...

A brush fire that blazed through Sepulveda Basin was fully contained Thursday, authorities said. Sign up here for our free newsletters. We’ll send you the latest headlines every morning and ...

The Woodley Fire joined the trio on Wednesday morning when it ignited in the Sepulveda Basin. The fires have forced thousands of residents to flee from their homes and pushed emergency responders ...

LOS ANGELES - As winds continued to pick up and spark other fires in LA County, firefighters quickly gained control of a wildfire that sparked in the Sepulveda Basin. The Woodley Fire was reported ...

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Early Wednesday, the Woodley Fire burned more than 75 acres in the Sepulveda Basin in Los Angeles' west San Fernando Valley.

A brush fire burned more than about 30 acres in Los Angeles' west San Fernando Valley Wednesday on another day of red flag conditions in Southern California. The Woodley Fire was burning northwest ...

The Woodley Fire started at 6:15 a.m. on North Woodley Avenue just west of the 405 Freeway and north of the 101 Freeway in the Sepulveda Basin. A map of the Woodley Fire is seen in an image taken ...