A vehicle-fire-turned-brush fire, dubbed the “Grande Fire,” broke out and grew up to 30 acres in the hills near Val Verde along southbound State Route 126 at San Martinez Grande Canyon Road early Thursday afternoon, according to Edith Lai, public information officer with the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
Forward progress was stopped at 3:43 p.m. with the fire reaching 30 acres. Initially, the fire grew due to the difficult access of the blaze.
According to Lai, firefighters were dispatched at 12:34 p.m. and on the scene at 12:38 p.m. to an initial 3-acre fire. The fire occurred 2.5 miles southwest of Henry Mayo Drive at Pico Canyon Road, according to the Watch Duty app…