Fire Almost Out Near Getty Center

LOS ANGELES - The Getty Center art complex remains closed but nearby Mount St. Mary's College is back in business as Los Angeles firefighters work on remnants of a Santa Monica Mountains brush fire that forced evacuations of both institutions.

Fire Department spokesman Erik Scott says Thursday that 80-acre burn area is 90 percent surrounded.

The fire erupted Wednesday afternoon less than a mile from the Getty, which houses a world renowned art collection.

Hundreds of visitors and staffers were cleared from the Getty. Mount St. Mary's, which is not in session, sent away staff and a group that was attending a conference. The fire, however, burned away from the institutions.

The Getty remains closed because a freeway off-ramp to its parking area is still closed.