About 100 firefighters were working to stop the blaze, which had spread to between 3 and 5 acres up Killyon Canyon, a Unified Fire department spokesman said Monday. The fire was near Pinecrest Canyon, just northeast of the top of Emigration Canyon.
A couple of helicopters with water buckets and a large tanker dropping retardant were deployed against the fire, the spokesman said. “We’re putting a hurt on it,” the spokesman said.
The fire was threatening homes up in the canyons, but as of Monday evening, fire officials were calling only for voluntary evacuations.