Firefighters have stopped forward progress on a fire that was threatening homes in West Hollywood off the Sunset Strip as the area experienced powerful winds in anticipation of an afternoon windstorm.

THIS IS NOW CALLED THE SUNSET FIRE. IT’S AT LEAST TEN ACRES ... THIS IS A LIVE LOOK AT THAT AREA WEST OF THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN AND THE RUNYON CANYON AREA. THE FIRE WAS REPORTED JUST AFTER 530.

Also see: This map shows where the Sunset fire is burning in the Hollywood Hills The Sunset fire area is near tightly packed homes in Hollywood Heights and the West Hollywood area. Embers from the ...

While some Angelenos cast around for someone to blame, a whole cooperative emergency-response system whirred to life.

“At 7:30AM, the closed section of the Sunset Fire, area North ... Canyon Boulevard on the west, Mulholland Drive on the north, the 101 Freeway on the east and Hollywood Boulevard on the south.

All evacuation orders for the Hollywood Hills Sunset Fire have been lifted Thursday after water-dropping aircraft slowed the fire's advance overnight, allowing for full-containment by the afternoon.

Griffith Park has reopened to the public, a little over a week after the Sunset fire broke out in the area. The 4,210-acre park and its sprawling network of hiking trails opened at 8 a.m. Thursday ...

The Sunset fire began burning in the Hollywood Hills between Runyon Canyon and Wattles Park on Wednesday evening, Jan. 8. By around 10:45 p.m., aerial firefighting tactics and aggressive ...