LOS ANGELES - A fire broke out along the 405 Freeway in the Sepulveda Pass near Sherman Oaks. The "Sepulveda Fire" was reported around 11 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 22 in the northbound lanes of the 405 Freeway. The fire was initially reported at one acre by the Los Angeles Fire Department, but no new information have been provided after 11 p.m.

Firefighters battled a brush fire off the 405 Freeway late Wednesday evening that prompted evacuation orders. Crews with the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to reports of the 1-acre blaze, dubbed the Sepulveda Fire,

Evacuations have been ordered for remote communities near a new wind-driven wildfire in mountains north of Los Angeles.