Firefighters battled a house fire that spread to hillside brush near freeways in the Silver Lake area on Sunday afternoon.
At least 20 homes were threatened by the blaze at its peak, and two sustained damage from the flames on Corralitas Drive. Three sheds were destroyed, according to the Los Angeles City Fire Department.
The fire was reported just after 1 p.m. in the 2200 block of Allesandro Way, according to the Los Angeles City Fire Department.
Plumes of smoke could be seen from the 2 and 5 freeways near the fire, and as far as the 110 Freeway near the downtown LA area. Nearly 200 firefighters were responding from the ground and air.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BG2YoEsgE0ROnramps on the 2 and on the 5 freeways were shut down temporarily, but reopened at 5:21 p.m.
Residents were helping to put out spot fires by dousing flames along the freeway.
The fire erupted amid a record-breaking heat wave in Southern California, where fire danger was high.
No injuries were reported.
#BreakingNews: Neighbors putting out brush fire themselves near 2 freeway. @NBCLA pic.twitter.com/SCNvgZGYYx
— Mekahlo Medina (@MekahloNBCLA) June 19, 2016
