A wildfire dubbed the Hurst fire erupted near Sylmar, California, on Tuesday evening, consuming 100 acres by late night. The fire, reported near Diamond Road, quickly spread within the area previously scarred by the 2019 Saddle Ridge Fire.
Firefighters responded to the Hurst fire near Sylmar , which had grown to 100 acres by 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 7. The fire was reported shortly before 10:30 p.m. near Diamond Road, according to CalFire. It quickly burned 100 acres in the footprint of the Saddle Ridge Fire that burned 8,799 acres in October 2019, Watch Duty, which tracks firefighting efforts in realtime, said on its website.
This was the third significant wildfire to impact the region on Tuesday with destructive fires also burning in Pacific Palisades and near Pasadena
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