Focus on Vermont Canyon

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Firefighters are focusing their efforts this morning on flare-ups that occurred in the Vermont Canyon area overnight, said LAFD Capt. Carlos Calzillo. With daybreak, fire officials will be able to do their best assessment of damage and determine where the fire is still burning. Vermont Canyon is away from homes, and officials allowed most residents back into their Los Feliz neigbborhood at 6 a.m.

The one exception is a group of homes around Commonweath Avenue near the Roosevelt golf course. Those homes still are threatened by fire because of their location and will remain off limits, he said. About 300 people spent the night at a shelter at Marshall High School.

Fire officials said their biggest concern is a return of hot winds and another drop in humidity.

-Amanda Covarrubias