Firefighters stopped the forward progress of a 40-acre brush fire in the Sepulveda Pass near the I-405 Freeway late Wednesday. Cal Fire reported the blaze was 60% contained Thursday afternoon. The blaze was first reported just after 11 p.

LA County Sheriff says about 31,000 people were under mandatory evacuation orders while another 23,000 were under evacuation warnings.

Firefighters battled a fast-moving brush fire off the 405 Freeway late Wednesday evening into Thursday morning that prompted evacuation warnings. Crews with the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to reports of the 1-acre blaze,