A brush fire in Castaic grew to at least 50 acres and threatened an animal shelter before forward progress was stopped Wednesday evening. <\/p>\n
Crews on the Quail fire had reported a medium rate of spread, said Capt. Abraham Serrano of the Los Angeles County Fire Department. <\/p>\n
The fire was reported in the 31000 block of Charlie Canyon Road, according to a tweet by the L.A. County Sheriffs Departments Santa Clarita Valley station. By 7 p.m., it was 50 acres, the Fire Department tweeted.<\/p>\n
A second alarm was called on the blaze, which had threatened an L.A. County animal shelter in the area, Serrano said. <\/p>\n
Forward progress on the blaze was stopped, all animals at the shelter were safe and no evacuations were needed, the sheriffs station reported at 7:23 p.m.<\/p>\n
Michael Pittman, a county fire dispatch supervisor, did not have an acreage update around 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
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