Brush fire off 405 threatens homes and Getty Center

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Set us as preferred A brush fire erupted Wednesday afternoon along the 405 Freeway, threatening homes and the Getty Center, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.The brush fire, which had burned five acres, was reported around 4:30 p.m.

and appeared to have ignited near the Getty Center parking lot at 1200 Getty Center Drive, according to the Fire Department.Aerial footage of the fire shows flames burning along a hillside and in the direction of Mount Saint Mary’s University and homes near the campus.

Firefighters were fighting the fire on the ground and by air.The Fire Department has issued an evacuation warning, roughly bounded by Promontory Road to the north, Sunset Boulevard to the south, the 405 to the east and Bundy Drive to the west.

The warning encompasses the Getty Center as well as the university.The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.

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Follow UsRuben Vives is a general assignment reporter for the Los Angeles Times.A native of Guatemala, he got his start in journalism by writing for The Times’ Homicide Report in 2007.

He helped uncover the financial corruption in the city of Bell that led to criminal charges against eight city officials.The 2010 investigative series won the Pulitzer Prize for public service and other prestigious awards.Follow UsIris Kwok is a reporting fellow at the Los Angeles Times.

Previously, she covered the environment at Berkeleyside as a Report for America corps member.She studied political science and music at UC Berkeley and got her start in journalism at the Daily Californian....