500-acre Lancaster fire threatens homes, burns outbuildings

LANCASTER, Calif. (KABC) — A 500-acre fire in Lancaster expanded to the edge of residential neighborhoods and apparently burned some structures Sunday.

AIR7 was overhead as a structure, possibly a barn, as well as vehicles were engulfed by flames.

Much of the vegetation part of the fire, however, appeared to be extinguished, leaving behind large patches of scorched and smoldering earth adjacent to the neighborhood in the area of 80th Street West and Avenue K.

By around 6:30 p.m., firefighters announced the fire’s forward progress had been stopped.

There were no injuries immediately reported and the structure fire appeared to be nearly out by early evening.