UPDATED: 10-acre fire scorches brush, cars at Monrovia auto salvage yard

MONROVIA — Firefighters quickly doused the flames of a 10-acre brush fire that scorched several junked cars parked at an auto salvage yard Saturday, officials said.
The fire was first reported at 3:38 p.m. at the Peck Road Water Conservation Park, next to LKQ Pick-A-Part along Peck Road just south of Live Oak Avenue, Los Angeles County and Arcadia fire officials said.
Los Angeles County firefighters helped their counterparts in the Arcadia, Monrovia, Pasadena and San Gabriel fire departments with the blaze.
Water-dropping helicopters were initially summoned but quickly cancelled as firefighters got the upper hand on the fire, Los Angeles County Fire Department Dispatch Supervisor Art Marrujo said.
The flames were extinguished at 4:25 p.m., but not before the fire scorched about 10 acres of brush and crossed into the salvage yard, scorching several cars, Arcadia Fire Department spokeswoman Beth Stogner said in a written statement.
“Although the exact cause of the fire remains under investigation, fire investigators are on scene and have identified the origin of the fire in a homeless encampment in the gravel pit,” Stogner said.
No injuries were reported.

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