Sunland, Ca A fire chief calls for more help on his radioas flames hit the 210 Freeway. This was just secinds before the fire jumped the freeway…

Sunland, Ca An LA County Camp Crew can only watch as a small brush fire explodes and heads toware the 210 Freeway. This was on la Tuna Canyon Road.

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Sunland, Ca An LA County Camp Crew )red) and LAFD firefighters watch as a small brush fire they were fighting along LaTuna Canyon Roas, explodes and heads toward the 210 Freeway where it jumped the freeway…Ove 500 acres have been burned.,





















A Super Scooper makes a water drop on flames burning in the hills near the La Tuna Canyon off ramp of the 210 freeway. Tujunga, CA 9/1/2017 (Photo by John McCoy, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Firefighters park near flame on the 210 freeway near Sunland Blvd. The fire burned from here, all the way to the La Tuna Canyon off ramp of the 210 freeway. Tujunga, CA 9/1/2017 (Photo by John McCoy, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

A brush fire burns near the La Tuna Canyon off ramp of the 210 freeway. Tujunga, CA 9/1/2017 (Photo by John McCoy, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

A brush fire burns next to equipment parked on La Tuna Canyon just before the on ramp of the east bound 210 freeway. Tujunga, CA 9/1/2017 (Photo by John McCoy, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)



A helicopter makes a water drop as a brush fire burns near the La Tuna Canyon off ramp of the 210 freeway. Tujunga, CA 9/1/2017 (Photo by John McCoy, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

A helicopter makes a water drop on a brush fire that burns near the La Tuna Canyon off ramp of the 210 freeway. Tujunga, CA 9/1/2017 (Photo by John McCoy, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Firefighters clear brush next on a hillside as a brush fire burns near the La Tuna Canyon off ramp of the 210 freeway. Tujunga, CA 9/1/2017 (Photo by John McCoy, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Firemen put water on a brush fire that burns near the La Tuna Canyon off ramp of the 210 freeway. Tujunga, CA 9/1/2017 (Photo by John McCoy, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

A fireman pulls a water line over the side of the freeway guard rail. A brush fire burns near the La Tuna Canyon off ramp of the 210 freeway. Tujunga, CA 9/1/2017 (Photo by John McCoy, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)



Traffic is backed up before the Sunland offramp on the 210 freeway. A brush fire burned near the La Tuna Canyon off ramp of the 210 freeway. Tujunga, CA 9/1/2017 (Photo by John McCoy, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

A brush fire burns near the La Tuna Canyon off ramp of the 210 freeway. Tujunga, CA 9/1/2017 (Photo by John McCoy, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

A brush fire burns near the La Tuna Canyon off ramp of the 210 freeway. Tujunga, CA 9/1/2017 (Photo by John McCoy, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

A brush fire burns near the La Tuna Canyon off ramp of the 210 freeway. Tujunga, CA 9/1/2017 (Photo by John McCoy, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Rays of sun break through the smoke as a brush fire burns near the La Tuna Canyon off ramp of the 210 freeway. Tujunga, CA 9/1/2017 (Photo by John McCoy, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)



Firefighters clear brush as fire burns near the La Tuna Canyon off ramp of the 210 freeway. Tujunga, CA 9/1/2017 (Photo by John McCoy, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

An Erickson Air-crane gets ready to make a water drop. A brush fire burned near the La Tuna Canyon off ramp of the 210 freeway. Tujunga, CA 9/1/2017 (Photo by John McCoy, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Firefighters put water on a brush fire as it burns near the La Tuna Canyon off ramp of the 210 freeway. Tujunga, CA 9/1/2017 (Photo by John McCoy, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Sunland, Ca An air tanker makes a drop on a ridgetop to the east of where the huge laTuna fire is burning…..

Sunland, Ca A strike team of 5 LA County fire engines waits for an assignment along Sunland Bl in Sunland this morning. Units from a s far as Camp Pendelton in Oceanside and Santa Barbara as well as other cities responded to the major brush fire berning in the City of LA.



Sunland, Ca Spot fire like this popped up all afternoon with some burning a dozen or so acres. This was on LaTuna Canyon Road at the 210 Freeway.

Sunland, Ca Residents on a dune buggy watch as flames from the LaTuna brush fire start coming close to homes on Morning Glow St just off LaTuna canyon Road. A strike team of engines soon showed up and beat back the flames.

Sunland, Ca Two horses are led down LaTuna canyon Road as the la Tuna brush fire cintinued to burn intensly. Over 6000 acres have been lost



Sunland, Ca An air tanker drops on a ridgetop to protect radio and TV towers from the laTuna brush Fire



Sunland, Ca Flames from the LaTuna brush fire decend down a hilside and toward a home on a street just off LaTuna Canyon Road this afternoon….

Sunland, Ca A fire whirl shoots up a hillside as a Fire Chief calls for more help on the Freeway (210)

Sunland, Ca A blow up during the two day old LaTuna brush fire sends a dark plume of smoke and flames toward homes in the hills just off Glenoaks Bl. The fire hads now burned through 5,000 acres.

SUNLAND-TUJUNGA >> One of the largest fires in Los Angeles history continued to rage Saturday in the mountains between the 210 and 5 freeways, ballooning to more than 5,800 acres as Mayor Eric Garcetti declared a local state of emergency.

Random shifts in wind, coupled with triple-digit heat and low humidity, have made it especially difficult to predict the La Tuna fire, which erupted Friday afternoon near Sunland-Tujunga, jumped the 210 Freeway and quickly moved west over the Verdugo Mountains to threaten Burbank, officials said.

Garcetti said the fire’s huge scope was expected to grow but that a strong ring of fire personnel was in position to halt it.

“If things continue the way they are, despite the growth of this fire, I want to assure people that what we see on the ground is a fire we can contain,” the mayor said from a command post Saturday afternoon.

Garcetti’s declaration of a local state of emergency directs relevant departments to take all steps to protect life and property in the area of the fire. It also requests that Gov. Jerry Brown declare an emergency so that state and federal assistance can be provided.

At dusk Saturday, the blaze was 10 percent contained and continued to menace homes in Burbank and Glendale.

“Our biggest concern is the wind and weather,” said L.A. Fire Chief Ralph M. Terrazas. “If there’s no wind, this is a relatively easy fire to put out.”

One home at Verdugo Crestline Drive and Alene Drive in Tujunga has been destroyed, as well as two other structures in the Tujunga area, officials said.

• Map: Here’s where the La Tuna fire is burning in the Verdugo Mountains

No injuries to civilians or firefighters have been reported.

Around 500 firefighters were battling the blaze, according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Margaret Stewart. Roughly 260 of those were from the LAFD, she said. Los Angeles County, Angeles National Forest, Glendale, Pasadena and Burbank fire departments also sent units to help with the air and ground fire attack and structure protection.

Firefighters used night-vision goggles to make overnight water drops on the blaze, Stewart said.

Also, local firefighters were expected to return from Texas soon, where they’ve been helping Hurricane Harvey survivors.

Officials had requested four air tankers from the state to join resources already working on the La Tuna fire.

Terrazas commended the work of the firefighters from numerous departments battling the blaze.

“I think it’s an amazing feat to not have lost a life,” he said.

Three hundred homes had been evacuated in Burbank, officials, said, 180 in L.A. and some additional homes in Glendale. Officials continued to urge residents in the fire area to be ready to evacuate if the call comes, and to take their pets with them.

Authorities called for mandatory evacuations at 10:30 p.m. Friday for the Brace Canyon Park area of Burbank when the fire jumped the ridgeline. On Saturday morning, flame had crawled within a few hundred yards of homes.

Burbank police directed evacuees to McCambridge Park at 1515 Glenoaks Blvd. in Burbank, and in Los Angeles an additional evacuation shelter was established at Sunland Recreation Center at 8651 Foothill Blvd.

The city of Glendale opened an evacuation center at the Civic Auditorium, 1401 N. Verdugo Road, and another evacuation center was established at Crescenta Valley High School, 2900 Community Ave. in La Crescenta, officials said.

• Photos: Firefighters battle La Tuna wildfire in the Sun Valley area

“The air quality is bad,” said Burbank police Sgt. Derek Green said late Saturday. “With temperatures expected to reach the triple digits again today, we are asking people to please stay indoors and limit your recreational activities. Keep pets indoors and take care of each other.”

The fire prompted the shutdown of the 210 Freeway eastbound at the 118 Freeway and westbound at the 2 Freeway. Fire engulfed the Sunland Boulevard on-ramp to the eastbound 210 Freeway, Caltrans officials said.

Transition roads were also closed from the eastbound 118 Freeway to the eastbound 210 Freeway, the northbound 2 Freeway to the westbound 210 Freeway, the northbound 2 Freeway at the 134 Freeway and the eastbound and westbound 134 Freeway to the northbound 2 Freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol.

• Related Story: La Tuna fire threatens homes, forces closure of 210 Freeway

The blaze broke out at 1:25 p.m. Friday near the 10800 block of La Tuna Canyon Road, just south of the 210 Freeway.

About a half-acre of medium brush was on fire when the first crews arrived Friday afternoon. Wind-blown embers sparked a spot fire on the north side of the freeway and by 4 p.m., firefighters were battling flames on both sides of the freeway as the fire raced up a hillside of the Verdugo Mountains in the direction of Burbank.

Due to incorrect information, an earlier version of the story mischaracterized the scope of the fire’s size.

Staff writers Wes Woods II, Brian Day and City News Service contributed to this report.