Update: Sargents Fire north of Lake San Antonio burns 850 acres
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Update, 9:45 a.m.
The Sargents Fire grew to 850 acres over Sunday night, according to Cal Fire.
However, firefighters made good progress on containing the blaze as temperatures cooled and the wind died down overnight, bringing containment up to 50%, according to Cal Fire.
Update, 6:20 p.m.
According to scanner traffic, the Sargents Fire has grown to 500 acres. However, Cal Fire tweeted at 6:24 p.m. that the fire was still at about 250 acres.
Cal Fire reported the fire was 10% contained as of 6:24 p.m.
The brush fire has an updated potential to burn about 2,000 acres, according to the scanner traffic at about 6:13 p.m.
The wildfire was expected to burn throughout the night. No structures are currently threatened.
Update, 6 p.m.
The two fires east of San Ardo have burned into each other to create the Sargents Fire.
The fire had burned about 250 acres as of 5:35 p.m., according to scanner traffic.
It was 0% contained, and the cause of the blaze is unknown at this time, according to Cal Fire.
Original story:
Two vegetation fires east of San Ardo erupted Sunday afternoon, according to scanner traffic.
The fires had collectively scorched about 50 to 60 acres as of 4:30 p.m. Sunday, and were expected to grow to 200 acres, scanner traffic said.
The fires, which are in southern Monterey County northeast of Lake San Antonio, were 0% contained as of 4:30 p.m. Sunday.
Multiple U.S. Forest Service and Cal Fire planes and ground crews were fighting the blazes.
This story was originally published May 30, 2021 at 4:31 PM.
