Fire Almost Out Near Getty Center

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.