NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – A fire that began burning in Yolo County Saturday morning was reported to be threatening several homes by nightfall.
Cal Fire’s Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit reported that the Forrest Fire – located off Forrest Avenue and Highway 16 at Guinda, south of Rumsey Canyon – began shortly after 10 a.m. Saturday.
The latest report on the fire, released after 9 p.m., said that it had burned 550 acres and was 15 percent contained. Those numbers were rolled back slightly from higher estimates of containment and acreage Cal Fire issued previously.
Helicopters, air tankers and firefighters on the ground had fought the fire throughout the day, according to radio reports.
More than 400 personnel were assigned to the incident, along with 22 engines, 16 fire crews, six air tankers, five helicopters and 10 bulldozers.
Cal Fire said the fire burned up the Blue Ridge outside the community of Guinda during the afternoon.
By Saturday evening, the winds in the area had shifted and several homes were threatened, the agency reported.
During the course of Saturday four injuries were reported and several commercial vehicles were destroyed, according to Cal Fire.
A cause has so far not been reported.
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