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SYLMAR (CNS) - Containment of the wind-driven Hurst Fire in the Sylmar area was at 76% Saturday.
The Hurst Fire was reported around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 5900 block of Yarnell Street, near Foothill Boulevard, and within a half-hour had burned more than 100 acres, Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Margaret Stewart said.
As of Saturday morning, the fire had burned 799 acres, and containment had grown from 37% to 76%, according to Cal Fire.
Evacuations were ordered for the area north of the Foothill (210) Freeway from Roxford Street to the Golden State (5) and Antelope Valley (14) Freeway split, but those orders were lifted Thursday.
The Foothill Freeway was temporarily closed between Roxford and the Golden State Freeway on Wednesday, but eastbound lanes and mainline westbound lanes were reopened Wednesday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.
No structural damage was reported.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded the state a Fire Management Assistance Grant to help fund the fight against the Hurst Fire, as it also did for the Palisades and Eaton fires, according to the governor's office.
