Fire crews respond to reports of smoke at Cerro San Luis Christmas tree

Update, 5 p.m.

Where there’s smoke, there’s not always fire.

Witnesses reported smoke from the area of the light-up Christmas tree on Cerro San Luis, but when crews arrived, there was no fire — just a smoking generator, according to the San Luis Obispo City Fire Department.

Crews were soon dismissed from the scene, while the generator was being repaired.

It was unclear whether the generator would be fixed in time for the holiday lights to be turned on for the night.

Original story

Firefighters are responding to reports of a fire near the Christmas tree on Cerro San Luis (Madonna Mountain) in San Luis Obispo on Sunday afternoon.

Crews from Cal Fire and SLO City Fire were dispatched to investigate reports of smoke near the generator for the lighted Christmas tree around 4:15 p.m.

This story will be updated as more information is available.

This story was originally published December 3, 2017 at 4:32 PM with the headline "Fire crews respond to reports of smoke at Cerro San Luis Christmas tree."