A brush fire that erupted early Thursday morning has scorched hundreds of acres near the 5 Freeway and prompted a shelter-in-place warning for some residents in the Gorman area. The King Fire was

First discovered: 1:04 a.m. Aug. 14 A new wildfire was reported today at 1:04 a.m. in Los Angeles County, California. King Fire has been burning on private land. Currently, there is no data indicating the containment progress of the fire and its cause remains undetermined.

The Canyon Fire, which has torched about 5,370 acres around the border between Ventura and Los Angeles counties, is close to complete containment after firefighters made significant progress on the blaze overnight, according to authorities.