Brush fire that forced evacuations in Burbank is 70% contained

A fire crew cuts a fire line at the scene of a brush fire in the foothills above Hamline Place in Burbank.

A Los Angeles Fire Department helicopter drops water at the scene of a brush fire in the foothills above Hamline Place in Burbank.

A Los Angeles Fire Department helicopter flys low to drop water on a hot spot, near a fire crew on a crestline at the scene of a brush fire in the foothills above Hamline Place in Burbank.

A home on the top of the hill on Irvine Drive is protected from a brush fire with a foam sprayed onto the hillside below it in the foothills above Hamline Place in Burbank.

Locals have a cross-canyon view of the brush fire in the foothills above Hamline Place in Burbank.

Locals on Bel Aire Drive observe the brush fire in the foothills above Hamline Place in Burbank.

Locals line Bel Aire Drive to get a view of the brush fire across the canyon above Hamline Place in Burbank.

An L.A. County Fire helicopter makes a water drop above Stephen Road in Burbank on Wednesday.

A Burbank Department of Water and Power employee hoses down brush behind a home on Stephen Road in Burbank.

Hayel Barakat hoses down the brush behind his home as his children Casey Sandino, 22, far left, and Nashla Barakat, 29, watch firefighters battle a brush fire behind their Stephen Road house in Burbank.