An approximately one-acre brush fire broke out late this afternoon in the L.A. River channel near Los Feliz Boulevard, according to ABC7. A water dropping helicopter doused the flames but no details were available about what triggered the blaze, which was first spotted at about 5 p.m., or how long it took to put it out. The fire appeared to have burned a portion of a small island in the middle of the riverbed, according to Twitter user @Tara.

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