Three homes were destroyed and a fourth suffered serious damage in a La Habra Heights brush fire Monday that prompted evacuation orders and warnings.
Crews with the Los Angeles County Fire Department responded to reports of the Palos Fire just before 2:30 p.m. in the area of Lupin Hill Road and Las Palomas Drive, near Whittier.
By 3 p.m., fire officials requested a second-alarm response, bringing in firefighting aircraft and hand crews…