Firefighters respond to brush fire in southern SLO County
Firefighters stopped forward progress on a vegetation fire that started in Oceano on Monday morning.
Firefighting crews from Five Cities Fire Authority and Cal Fire were expected to be mopping up the scene for two-to-three hours, said Cal Fire Division Chief Eric Shalhoob.
The fire was first reported at 1600 Aloha Place in Oceano at 10:54 a.m., according to emergency services app PulsePoint.
The fire was described as a “slow-moving grass fire” in heavy brush, according to emergency scanner traffic.
Shalhoob said it ultimately burned a roughly 50-by-50 foot area.
Firefighters set up a staging area at the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District as they responded to the incident.
Shalhoob said the cause of the fire remains under investigation.
This story was originally published December 11, 2023 at 11:42 AM.
