WILBUR SPRINGS, Calif. – An aggressive response by firefighters helped limit the size of a Friday afternoon wildland fire near Wilbur Springs.

Cal Fire and firefighters from Williams and Maxwell responded to the blaze, which initially was reported at about 2 p.m. three miles north of Highway 20 on Bear Valley Road, according to Cal Fire Battalion Chief Linda Green.

The fire burned mostly grass across a creek and under some high voltage power lines, which made it difficult for the planes to reach it, Green said.

Green said Cal Fire sent its usual wildland dispatch, including two air tankers, a helicopter, an air attack plane, five engines, two dozers and two hand crews.

Green said the fire's cause is still under investigation.

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