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Crews respond to vegetation fire in rural SLO County

A vegetation fire broke out north of Highway 58 near California Valley on May 12, 2025.
A vegetation fire broke out north of Highway 58 near California Valley on May 12, 2025. ALERTCalifornia | UC San Diego

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A vegetation fire that broke out along Highway 58 near California Valley on Monday afternoon burned 15 acres.

The fire was reported on the north side of the highway just west of Soda Lake Road shortly after 12:30 p.m., according to the emergency response app Watch Duty.

By 12:38 p.m., the fire was at one acre and spreading at a moderate speed with a potential for five acres, the app said. No structures were threatened at that time.

At 1:36 p.m., it was reported that forward progress had in fact stopped at 15 acres, according to the app. Air attack on the fire was released at that time.

Current Southern California wildfires

This map shows wildfires that have been updated within the past 7 days from the Integrated Reporting of Wildland-Fire Information (IRWIN) and the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC). The larger the circle, the larger the wildfire by acres. Data is from the US Department of the Interior, Office of Wildland Fire, IRWIN, NIFC, NASA, NOAA and ESRI.

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This story was originally published May 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM.

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