A fire burned almost 9 acres in the Mountain Gate area Monday afternoon. Dubbed the “Bear Fire”, it started from a vehicle fire shortly before 4 o’clock near the intersection of Bear Mountain Road and Old Oregon Trail. An aggressive response with hand crews, dozers and aircraft stopped forward progress within about an hour
A vegetation fire broke out in the Happy Valley area Monday. Reported shortly before 11am on the 18000 block of Olinda road, the fire was held to about a half acre.
A fire burned in the Los Molinos area Monday afternoon. First reported a little before 2 o’clock on Shasta Boulevard, it was held to about 5-and-a-half acres.
– Steve Gibson