Firefighters protected homes from a New Year’s Day fire. Brittany Hope reports for Today in LA on Wednesday Jan. 1, 2025.
Firefighters protected homes from a brush fire early New Year's Day that burned on a Pacific Palisades hillside.
The small fire created an eerie orange glow above a neighborhood near Via La Costa in the Santa Monica Mountains overlooking the Pacific. The fire, reported just after midnight, was fanned by 15 mph winds.
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WATCH HEREThe fire briefly threatened homes, but firefighters aided by a water-dropping helicopter quickly knocked down flames.
No structures were damaged. No injuries were reported.
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