Acton fire fully contained at 52 acres; one outbuilding and car destroyed

A brush fire in Acton that started about 11 a.m. Thursday was fully contained shortly after 3 p.m., a Los Angeles County Fire Department official said.

The fire burned 52 acres near the 14 Freeway and Hubbard Road; earlier estimates had put the fire area at 100 acres.

An outbuilding and a car were destroyed, said Inspector Matt Levesque. Several homes were briefly threatened but none was damaged.

More than 200 firefighters and four water-dropping helicopters were dispatched to fight the blaze, Levesque said.

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Photo: National Forest Service Firefighters Kevork Akoubian, left, and Andrew Miller, right, with mutual aid assistance to Los Angeles County Firefighters soak hot spots in the brush for full containment at a 52-acre brushfire that broke out Thursday afternoon along Hubbard Road in Acton. Credit: Al Seib / Los Angeles Times