Firefighters Battle New Archer Fire Amid Evacuation Warning

The brush fire in the Granada Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles quickly grew to 20 acres on Friday.
Firefighters Battle New Archer Fire Amid Evacuation Warning
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire burning near Los Angeles on Jan. 8, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
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LOS ANGELES—Firefighters worked in the air and on the ground Friday to halt a new brush fire called the Archer fire in the Granada Hills neighborhood that briefly prompted an evacuation order as it advanced toward homes.

The fire was reported at 10:25 a.m. Friday in the 17200 block of West Sesnon Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley area, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Margaret Stewart. It was first reported at two to three acres, but quickly grew to 20 acres.

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