The fire, which has the potential to reach 250 acres, started at around 2:45 p.m. Monday behind the FFA farm building at the high school. Evacuations were ordered for part of the afternoon, but lifted Monday night.
Tribune photographers and community members captured photos and video as crews in the air and on the ground responded to the fire.
An air tanker makes the last drop of the day above the San Luis Obispo County Probation Department as the sun sets. Firefighters battled the quick-moving Lizzie Fire in the hills above San Luis High School on Oct. 30, 2023. David Middlecamp dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com
A bulldozer cuts a fire line on ridge above the SLO County Probation Department as firefighters battled a quick-moving wildfire in the hills above San Luis High School on Oct. 30, 2023. David Middlecamp dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com
A firefighter attacks the edge of the Lizzie Fire in the hills above San Luis High School on Oct. 30, 2023. David Middlecamp dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com
San Luis Obispo City firefighters stage for structure protection on Lizzie Street while battling a quick-moving fire in the hills above San Luis High School on Oct. 30, 2023. David Middlecamp dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com
An air tanker responds to a vegetation fire burning behind San Luis Obispo High School near Lizzie Street on Oct. 30, 2023. Laura Dickinson ldickinson@thetribunenews.com
An air tanke drops retardant on a vegetation fire burning behind San Luis Obispo High School near Lizzie Street on Oct. 30, 2023. Laura Dickinson ldickinson@thetribunenews.com
A fire burns the hillside off Lizzie Street behind San Luis Obispo High School on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Laura Dickinson ldickinson@thetribunenews.com
A fire burns the hillside off Lizzie Street behind San Luis Obispo High School on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Laura Dickinson ldickinson@thetribunenews.com
Af firefighters battled the Lizzie Fire near San Luis Obispo High School, another fire broke out near Highland Drive at Cal Poly on Oct. 30, 2023. David Middlecamp dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com
A cloud of retardant falls onto a line of flames as a fire burns behind San Luis Obispo High School on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Kristen Nusbaum
An air tanker drops retardant on a fire burning in the hills behind San Luis Obispo High School on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Aidan Tull
An air tanker drops retardant on a fire burning in the hills behind San Luis Obispo High School on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Aidan Tull
Smoke rises from a charred hill after a fire burned near San Luis Obispo High School on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Mackenzie Shuman mshuman@thetribunenews.com
Firefighters ran hose line hundreds of feet uphill to reach this grove of eucalyptus trees before they all were lost to the Lizzie Fire that burned 100 acres in the hills above San Luis High School on Oct. 30, 2023. David Middlecamp dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com
A bulldozer works a smoky ridgline above a vegetation fire that burned the hills near San Luis Obispo High School on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. David Middlecamp dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com
A column of smoke rises from behind homes near San Luis Obispo High School as a vegetation fire burned in the hills on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Mackenzie Shuman mshuman@thetribunenews.com
An air tanker drops retardant on a fire burning in the hills behind San Luis Obispo High School on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. David Middlecamp dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com
A firefighter works on to extinguish flames from a vegetation fire off Lizzie street in San Luis Obispo on Oct. 30, 2023. The fire apparently started behind the FFA farm at San Luis Obispo High School. Residents nearby were ordered to evacuate. David Middlecamp dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com
Cal Fire fighters use a fire hose to douse flames burning near San Luis Obispo High School on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Mackenzie Shuman mshuman@thetribunenews.com
A fire burns the hillside behind off Lizzie Street behind San Luis Obispo High School on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Laura Dickinson ldickinson@thetribunenews.com
A firefighter works on to extinguish flames from a vegetation fire off Lizzie street in San Luis Obispo on Oct. 30, 2023. The fire apparently started behind the FFA farm at San Luis Obispo High School. Residents nearby were ordered to evacuate. David Middlecamp dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com
A vegetation fire burns in the hills near Lizzie Street in San Luis Obispo on Monday Oct. 30, 2023. Nearby residents were ordered to evacuate. Sandra Duerr
A vegetation fire burns in the hills near Lizzie Street in San Luis Obispo on Monday Oct. 30, 2023. Nearby residents were ordered to evacuate. Sandra Duerr
A fire burns the hillside behind off Lizzie Street behind San Luis Obispo High School on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Laura Dickinson ldickinson@thetribunenews.com
A vegetation fire burns on the hillside near San Luis Obispo High School on Oct. 30, 2023. Evacuations were ordered as the flames moved southeast. San Luis Obispo Fire Department
A vegetation fire burns in the hills near Lizzie street in San Luis Obispo on Oct. 30, 2023. The fire apparently started behind the FFA farm at San Luis Obispo High School. Residents nearby were ordered to evacuate. Sandra Duerr
This story was originally published October 31, 2023 at 5:00 AM.
