Cal Fire quickly contains brush fires along Highway 101 on Cuesta Grade
Update, 7:45 p.m.:
Cal Fire battalion chief Chad Fleming said all the fires along the roadway have been contained as of 7:40 p.m.
According to Fleming, a total of four fires burned about half an acre along the highway Friday evening. He said it was thanks to a quick report by a driver and quick response from firefighters that the blazes did not grow much larger.
Additionally, Fleming said fire crews attacked the fires “very aggressively” in light of the area’s “significant fire history.”
“To be able to contain these fires without them getting bigger, that was a huge success to the firefighters here,” he said.
California is mid-way through fire season and fuels are extremely dry, Fleming added, so people should be especially on alert and prepared to notify authorities if they see any signs of a new blaze.
“We just need to be at a heightened state of awareness right now,” he said. “Everybody — the public as well as the fire agencies.”
The cause of the fires is under investigation.
Original story:
Cal Fire is responding to several brush fires along Highway 101 on the Cuesta Grade on Monday evening.
According to emergency response app PulsePoint, a vegetation fire was first reported along southbound Highway 101 near TV Tower Road at 6:53 p.m.
Drivers along the highway reported seeing multiple small brush fires in the area, according to the California Highway Patrol’s incident report page at the same time.
As of 7:05 p.m., Cal Fire had closed the No. 3 lane as firefighters responded to the area, according to the incident page.
Further details on the fires were not immediately available.
Traffic appears to be only somewhat impacted by the incident, according to Caltrans’ QuickMap.
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This story was originally published August 1, 2022 at 7:32 PM.
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