Update: 4:40 p.m.: All roads have been re-opened following a four-acre brush fire off Latigo Canyon two miles north of Pacific Coast Highway that was contained at 1:37 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 11.
An alert from the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department announced that roads were re-opened for traffic at 4:20 p.m.
Update: 1:40 p.m.: As of 1:40 p.m. Friday, LACo Fire reported the fire on Latigo Canyon Road was four acres, but the structures threat was reduced and some of the units were released from the scene.
“They don’t have a containment number yet; we still have quite a few units on scene, they just let a couple — our superscoopers — they let those go,” said Firefighter Specialist Chris Reade.
“We thought that those houses up on the hill were going to be impeded by the flames … They haven’t called knockdown, so they haven’t called off the threat yet, but they’re pretty sure the threat is reduced,” Reade continued.
Update: 1:21 p.m.: Latigo Canyon Road is closed between Kanan Dume Road and Corral Canyon Road, according to deputies at the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station.
Update: 1:05 p.m.: The fire at Latigo Canyon is threatening structures in the area, according to reports from LACo Fire.
“They are saying there are structures threatened, but I haven’t heard any loss of structures or any evacuations or any injuries,” said Firefighter Specialist Chris Reade.
As of 1:05 p.m. there were 195 firefighters at the scene of the blaze, as well as superscoopers.
Wind is considered the main opponent.
“That’s our biggest struggle right now, the fire is going uphill and it’s windy, and we’re battling that right now,” Reade said.
A fire was reported off Latigo Canyon Road two miles north of PCH in Malibu on Friday, Dec. 11.
The fire, which was called in at 12:26 p.m. Friday, was reportedly burning in about 2.5 acres as of latest reports around 12:45 p.m.
The fire, which is wind-driven, is below active power lines, according to LACoFire spokesperson Inspector Dantic.
“Responding units reported two and a half acres going uphill with wires overhead,” Dantic said.
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