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Fire damages home, burns 14 acres in California Valley

Posted at 12:23 PM, Jun 14, 2019
and last updated 2019-06-14 17:43:07-04

UPDATE (2:42 p.m.) – CAL FIRE reports that the wildland fire is 80 percent contained.


 

UPDATE (1:14 p.m.) – CAL FIRE reports that the house fire has been contained with 10 percent of the structure damaged.

Fire crews will remain on scene for some time, continuing to mop up the fire and strengthen fire lines.


 

UPDATE (1:02 p.m.) – Firefighters say the brush fire is now 60 percent contained and the forward rate of spread has stopped.

CAL FIRE says the fire has burned a revised 14 acres.


 

ORIGINAL STORY (12:23 p.m.) – Firefighters responded to a vegetation fire in California Valley Friday morning.

It was reported just after 11 a.m. in the area of Dominguez Trail and Cunningham Rd.

CAL FIRE says forward progress of the fire has been stopped at 15 acres, but the flames also damaged a home and firefighters are still working to put out that blaze.

The Red Cross is reportedly en route to help the residents affected by the fire.

This is a developing story and will be updated with new information as it becomes available.

An aerial view of the Dominguez Fire in California Valley on June 14, 2019. (Photo courtesy CAL FIRE)