{"id":298703,"date":"2026-05-04T04:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T04:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/298703\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T04:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T04:25:08","slug":"grass-fire-along-hwy-41-near-friant-road-slows-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/298703\/","title":{"rendered":"Grass fire along Hwy 41 near Friant Road slows traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_3123.jpeg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"View from the Caltrans camera showing slow traffic that at times come to a stop on Highway 41, near Friant Road.\" alt=\"View from the Caltrans camera showing slow traffic that at times come to a stop on Highway 41, near Friant Road.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        View from the Caltrans camera showing slow traffic that at times come to a stop on Highway 41, near Friant Road.<\/p>\n<p>            Caltrans<\/p>\n<p>A grass fire burning along a hillside near Highway 41, near Friant offramp is causing traffic to slow and, at times, come to a stop.<\/p>\n<p>The fire was reported around 5:30 p.m., prompting crews to respond quickly to contain the flames.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters worked to knock down the blaze as it threatened homes on the hillside.<\/p>\n<p>Traffic impacts are being reported on southbound Highway 41, near Avenue 9.<\/p>\n<p>All lanes are now open.<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published May 3, 2026 at 6:07 PM.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/218450935\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777868708_399_Anthony Galaviz headshot.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Anthony Galaviz\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/218450935\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Galaviz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Anthony Galaviz writes about sports for The Fresno Bee. He covers the Las Vegas Raiders, high schools, boxing, MMA and junior colleges. He\u2019s been with The Bee since 1997 and attended Fresno City College before graduating from Fresno State with a major in journalism and a minor in criminology.<br \/>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/fresnobee.com\/subscribe&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;\" style=\"color: #5169B8; text-transform: none;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Support my work with a digital subscription<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"View from the Caltrans camera showing slow traffic that at times come to a stop on Highway 41,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-298703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}