{"id":356048,"date":"2026-06-11T09:43:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T09:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/356048\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T09:43:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T09:43:19","slug":"4-outbuildings-damaged-in-south-sacramento-grass-fire-amid-tough-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/356048\/","title":{"rendered":"4 outbuildings damaged in south Sacramento grass fire amid tough conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Firefighters stopped forward progress on a 2-acre grass fire in south Sacramento County that damaged four outbuildings and threatened multiple homes Wednesday afternoon, officials with the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">About 12:55 p.m., firefighters were dispatched to the area of Elder Creek Road and Bradshaw Boulevard near the Vineyard neighborhood, Metro Fire spokesperson Capt. Mark Nunez said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When crews with Metro Fire and the Cosumnes CSD Fire Department arrived, the fire was moving \u201crapidly\u201d with heavy smoke in the area, Nunez said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Firefighters deployed hose lines and protected nearby homes, Nunez said. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Metro Fire\u2019s Investigation Team remained on the scene investigating the cause and origin of the fire, Nunez said.<\/p>\n<p>Is Sacramento part of the red flag warning?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Wednesday\u2019s fire came while much of the Sacramento Valley was under a r<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/weather-news\/article316048846.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:ed flag warning fire conditions;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;ed flag warning fire conditions&quot;}\" class=\"link \">ed flag warning fire conditions<\/a> due to high wind speeds, high temperatures and low humidity, according to the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While Sacramento County was not included in the red flag warning zone, difficult firefighting conditions still applied, according to Nunez.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">With temperatures expected to reach 100 degrees in some places later this week, officials urged residents to use caution when operating equipment or performing activities that may create sparks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cSimple actions such as mowing dry grass, welding, grinding, or dragging trailer chains can quickly ignite vegetation and lead to fast-moving fires,\u201d Nunez said in the release. \u201cAs temperatures rise, please remain vigilant and do your part to help prevent wildfires in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Firefighters stopped forward progress on a 2-acre grass fire in south Sacramento County that damaged four outbuildings and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[145084,133657,101331,91784,121,357,123,122],"class_list":["post-356048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-cosumnes-csd-fire-department","tag-fire-conditions","tag-mark-nunez","tag-metro-fire","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-county","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356048","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=356048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}