A 10-acre brush fire burning on the east side of the Sepulveda Pass near Bel-Air prompted an evacuation warning.

Firefighters stopped the progress of the 40-acre fire, which broke out late Wednesday in the Sepulveda Pass, officials said.

It was first reported just after 11 p.m. near northbound lanes of the freeway in Sherman Oaks, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

A fire was burning Thursday morning in Bel-Air on the eastern side of the 405 Freeway in the Sepulveda Pass. The fire was burning uphill, toward Sepulveda Fire Road. At around 11:15 p.m., winds in the area were around 8 to 15 mph,