Rowland Heights brush fire prompts evacuations

Dozens of firefighters and two helicopters rushed to combat a brush fire in Rowland Heights on Sunday, June 30; and some homes were evacuated as a precaution.
The blaze was first spotted at about 5 p.m. near the intersection of Old Ranch Ravine Road and Desire Avenue, Los Angeles County Fire Department Dispatch Supervisor Michael Pittman said.
It was originally reported as a small spot fire, but at some point it made contact with several piles of mulch at a nearby nursery and grew to burn betwee