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Brush fire burns 5.6 acres near Sandstone Peak

Ventura County crews had the fire 65 percent contained by Friday evening after it burned up a canyon near a trailhead parking lot.

By Hans Laetz

About 5.6 acres of brush burned at a trailhead parking lot near Sandstone Peak, in the mountains west of Malibu, on Friday.

The fire burned up the side of a canyon.

By 8 p.m., the fire had been 65 percent contained by ground crews from the Ventura County Fire Department.

Several fire trucks from Malibu were dispatched to assist, at about 5:15 p.m.

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