Tuesday morning incident temporarily closes Mulholland Drive
The LAFD evacuated an elderly male Beverly Crest resident and his caretaker following a mudslide this week.
According to the LAFD, the incident was reported on February 28 around 8:30 a.m. at 13150 Mulholland Drive in Beverly Crest.
Responding LAFD Firefighters discovered one of several terraced retaining walls on a one-third acre residential property gave way, causing mud to cascade downhill, away from a 2,415 square-foot home, and onto nearby Mulholland Drive. There was no entrapment and no injuries have been reported.
As the damaged retaining wall was 50′ downhill from the residence, the home was not directly damaged. As a precaution, an elderly male resident and his caretaker were calmly evacuated from the premises.
Because the debris flow is threatening a power pole and mud remained on Mulholland Drive, that mountaintop thoroughfare was fully closed between Coldwater Canyon Avenue (on the east) and Deep Canyon Drive (on the west).
