LAGUNA BEACH — Motorists traveling to and from Laguna Beach along Laguna Canyon Road faced delays because of small vegetation fires that started Wednesday evening.

The road was closed in both directions between Lake Forest Drive and El Toro Road after the fires were reported about 5 p.m.

By 6:20 p.m. westbound Laguna Canyon Road was reopened, and the eastbound side reopened by 8:18 p.m., the Laguna Beach Police Department said.

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The fires were in brush near the 73 and the 133 toll roads, on the east side of Laguna Canyon Road. There were no immediate threats to the city of Laguna Beach, officials said.

There were three small fires, with the largest being approximately a quarter acre, said Jordan Villwock, the city’s emergency operations coordinator.

“The Orange County Fire Authority is making quick progress,” he said. “No homes are threatened.”

The OCFA said two helicopters and ground crews quickly hit the fires and by 5:50 p.m. their forward progress had been stopped.

“Crews will remain on scene to extinguish remaining hot spots and secure a containment line around all the fires,” the OCFA said in a tweet. There was no immediate word on the cause of the fires.

The fires broke out as crews continued to work on the Aliso fire that started over the weekend and that was 85 percent contained at 175 acres.