Fire Crews Swiftly Contain Brush Fire in Los Angeles Neighborhood

Fire crews swiftly contained a brush fire on a hillside in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Highland Park late on Friday, July 1.

Video posted to Twitter by Leslie Suzukamo, who said it was captured overlooking Freeway 110 near Highland Park, showed flames and smoke from on Friday night.

Ninety-six firefighters attacked the fire from “air and ground,” Los Angeles Fire Department said, and managed to "contain it under 80 minutes. Credit: Leslie Suzukamo via Storyful

Video Transcript

[TRAFFIC NOISES, FIRE CRACKLING]

- Tell me it's not Mount Washington. Mount Angeles? I can't tell what direction we're looking at now.

Tell me it's not Mount Washington. Mount Angeles? I can't tell what direction we're looking at now.