A fire in Santa Clarita briefly spurred evacuation warnings and threatened structures, growing to about 52 acres before forward progress was halted around 4 p.m.
The Pointe fire started just after 1:40 p.m. near the 21300 block of Centre Pointe Parkway. A second alarm response was requested by the L.A. County Fire Department at 2:08 p.m., the department said on X.
Some areas near the fire remained under evacuation warnings. The fire is about 32% contained, the department said, adding that resources would remain on scene for “an extended amount of time.”
The area encompassed by the evacuation warning is around Center Pointe Parkway, bounded by Soledad Canyon road to the north and Golden Valley Road to the east, with the fire burning into the foothills to the west near Springbrook Avenue and to the south near Cardiff and Parvin drives.
Metrolink was closed in the area “because of fire department activity” between Santa Clarita and Via Princessa on the Antelope Valley line, the transit agency said in a statement. As of 4:27 p.m., the agency said that the tracks were reopened but that trains would operate with speed restrictions in the area.
The fire comes as the region is hit with its hottest day of the current heatwave, where temperatures were expected to hit at least 100 degrees in valley areas, including Santa Clarita.