A 960-acre brush fire sparked in the Woodland Hills area near the 101 Freeway Thursday afternoon. The Los Angeles Fire Department said that the fire was quickly burning toward the south, relatively close to homes before they were able to establish perimeter lines.

By 3:25 p.m., Cal Fire said the fire had already spread to 50 acres. Evacuations were ordered in the Hidden Hills area, from Vanowen south to Burbank

The Kenneth fire is burning in the west San Fernando Valley near Hidden Hills, Woodland Hills and West Hills. It is burning near a trailhead at Victory Boulevard near the L.A.-Ventura County border. The area is near the Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve.