On Saturday May 28, 2005, at 8:07 p.m. PDT, twenty companies of Los Angeles firefighters, one LAFD Rescue Ambulances, three Helicopters, one EMS Supervisors, five Chief Officer Command teams, and other LAFD support personnel, under the direction of Assistant Chief Michael Fulmis, responded to a Greater Alarm Brush Fire at 3614 North Roseview Avenue in Cypress Park.

First units on the scene reported approximately one-quarter acre of light grass and brush burning on a hillside moving in the direction of several homes.

Firefighters immediately went to work, putting handlines into operation, and making a stand at several structures located above the fire.

The aggressive tactics of the men and women of the LAFD, aided by helicopter water drops, contained the fire to the light flashy fuels alone leaving no homes immediately threatened.

The fire was extinguished in just one hour and twelve minutes and contained to approximately three acres only.

No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire is under investigation.