Firefighters respond to vegetation fire in SLO’s Irish Hills

San Luis Obispo city firefighters and Cal Fire responded to a vegetation fire in the Irish Hills Natural Reserve area on Friday evening, including passes by an air tanker dropping red retardant.

Forward progress on the fire was stopped at less than one acre at 7 p.m., according to San Luis Obispo City Fire.

The fire was reported on the opposite side of the hill behind the Irish Hills Shopping Plaza, which includes The Home Depot and Costco.

As of 5:50 p.m., it was less than a quarter of an acre in size, with potential to grow to five acres, according to a San Luis Obispo City Fire tweet.

According to emergency scanner traffic at the time, crews on scene were attempting to get a view of the fire, which was in a difficult to access area on the hillside.

This story was originally published August 20, 2021 at 5:55 PM.

Kaytlyn Leslie

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Kaytlyn Leslie writes about business and development for The San Luis Obispo Tribune. Hailing from Nipomo, she also covers city governments and happenings in San Luis Obispo. She joined The Tribune in 2013 after graduating from Cal Poly with her journalism degree.