Orange County and Long Beach fire crews quickly doused a small brush fire that was burning Thursday afternoon near the interchange from the northbound 405 Freeway to the northbound 605 Freeway.

The flames broke out around 1 p.m., and dispatchers were quickly flooded with calls, said Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Thanh Nguyen.

OCFA had dozens of extra units on standby to fight wildfires because of the dry, windy conditions across Southern California right now, and when this fire ignited, “We just threw everything at it,” Nguyen said.

Crews found multiple small spot fires burning in the brush and trees along the freeway, something Nguyen said could have been because of the strong winds gusting.

Firefighters were able to quickly stop the flames’ forward progress, and they limited the total burn area to about one acre, he said.

Orange County Fire Authority crews battle a brush fire in Seal Beach on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. Photo courtesy OCFA.

No structures were threatened, and no injuries were reported.

Multiple freeway lanes were closed as crews battled the fire.

Jeremiah Dobruck is executive editor of the Long Beach Post where he oversees all day-to-day newsroom operations. In his time working as a journalist in Long Beach, he’s won numerous awards for his investigative reporting and editing. Before coming to the Post in 2018, he wrote for publications including the Press-Telegram, Orange County Register and Los Angeles Times. Reach him at [email protected] or @jeremiahdobruck on Twitter.