Los Angeles County Fire Department and other agencies battle the Chloe Fire which burned over 100 acres near the L.A. and Ventura county lines near the community of Val Verde on Wednesday July 1, 2026. Katherine Quezada/The Signal

‘Chloe’ fire at 23% containment, forward progress stopped  

Forward progress was stopped on the Chloe Fire Wednesday evening a little over five hours after it started, and firefighters had the 256-acre blaze 23% contained as of Thursday morning, according to the Watch Duty app.  The fire broke out in the hills west of Val Verde and north of State Route 126 around 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday and quickly hit 140 acres in

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