Sepulveda Fire initially started 12:36 a.m. Jan. 23 in Los Angeles County. After being active for 35 hours, it has burned 45 acres. As of Friday noon, the fire crew successfully encircled the entire perimeter of the fire in control lines. The cause is, however, still being investigated.

Dramatic video provided by FOX 11 Los Angeles shows the Sepulveda Fire burning near the 405 Freeway near Sherman Oaks.

LOS ANGELES - A fire broke out along the 405 Freeway in the Sepulveda Pass near Sherman Oaks. The "Sepulveda Fire" was reported around 11 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 22 in the northbound lanes of the 405 Freeway.

Firefighters stopped the forward progress of a 40-acre brush fire in the Sepulveda Pass near the I-405 Freeway late Wednesday. Cal Fire reported the blaze was 60% contained Thursday afternoon. The blaze was first reported just after 11 p.

Firefighters battled a fast-moving brush fire off the 405 Freeway late Wednesday evening into Thursday morning that prompted evacuation warnings. Crews with the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to reports of the 1-acre blaze,

Watch Duty, a nonprofit that tracks wildfires, said that as of 11:26 p.m. the fire was estimated to be 10 acres, burning in heavy brush east of the freeway in the Sepulveda Pass. By about 12:23 it had grown to 20 acres, though fire crews were making good progress on the blaze, Watch Duty reported.