Putah Fire: Crews battle vegetation fire near Winters
FROM KCRA THREE NEWS. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS AND WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS IN OUR REGION. LIVE PICTURES RIGHT NOW FROM LIVECOPTER3 GRASS FIRE BURNING RIGHT NOW. THIS IS WEST OF WINTERS AND NOT FAR FROM LAKE BERRYESSA AND PORTER CREEK. AND YOU CAN SEE LIVECOPTER3 SHOWING US JUST HOW BIG OF AN AREA HAS ALREADY BURNED. THIS IS NEAR HIGHWAY 128, AND AGAIN NOT FAR FROM LAKE BERRYESSA. ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE FLAMES THAT ARE JUST BURNING THROUGH AND CHEWING THROUGH ALL THAT DRY GRASS AND BRUSH, MOVING RIGHT AROUND THOSE TREES THERE. THE SPARK JUST ABOUT AN HOUR AGO. BUT CAL FIRE SAYS THIS IS ALREADY ABOUT 40 ACRES IN SIZE, AND IT’S BURNING UPHILL THROUGH ALL THAT DRY GRASS. YOU CAN SEE THEY’VE ALREADY DROPPED ONE LINE OF RETARDANT. YOU CAN SEE IT THERE ON THE RIGHT. THEY’RE TRYING TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF THESE FLAMES AS IT’S MAKING ITS WAY UPHILL. YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A NATURAL FIRE BREAK WITH THE ROAD THERE WITH HIGHWAY 128, WHICH IS GREAT NEWS, BUT NO WORD ON HOW THIS FIRE STARTED. THANKFULLY, THERE’S NOT A STRONG WIND IN THE AREA, JUST A VERY LIGHT BREEZE. YOU CAN SEE THAT SMOKE IS JUST KIND OF LIGHTLY MOVING THROUGH THE AIR, BUT THEY GOT A LOT OF CREWS ON THE SCENE RIGHT NOW, AND HOPEFULLY THIS FIRE WILL JUST STAY WITHIN THE PERIMETER THERE. AND AGAIN, THEY’LL BE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY SLOW THIS DOWN. IF WE ZOOM OUT, MAYBE WE CAN SEE THIS IS A PRETTY RURAL AREA. AND AS I MENTIONED, NOT FAR FROM THE CREEK AND LAKE BERRYESSA AND NO STRUCTURES THAT WE CAN SEE, WHICH IS GREAT NEWS AT THIS TIME. REALLY GOOD NEWS TO SEE THAT. BUT OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, FIRE DANGER, IS ALWAYS A REALITY, ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR, ESPECIALLY AS WE GET FARTHER INTO THE WEEK WHERE WE’RE EXPECTING SOM
Cal Fire crews are battling a fire near Lake Berryessa on Monday.The Putah Fire was reported about 11:35 a.m. west of Winters near Highway 128, Cal Fire said. It was burning about 40 acres uphill in light and flashy fuels, Cal Fire said.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel | Make KCRA a preferred news source in Google
Cal Fire crews are battling a fire near Lake Berryessa on Monday.
The Putah Fire was reported about 11:35 a.m. west of Winters near Highway 128, Cal Fire said.
It was burning about 40 acres uphill in light and flashy fuels, Cal Fire said.
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