UPDATE (5:45 p.m.) - CAL FIRE SLO officials say the fire is 100% contained.
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UPDATE (2:40 p.m.) - The Bitterwater Fire is 75% contained, according to CAL FIRE SLO.
Fire officials reported that forward progress of the fire had been stopped by 2:05 p.m. after burning about 330 acres.
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(12:30 p.m.) - Firefighters are responding to a vegetation fire that broke out along Highway 58 in California Valley on Wednesday.
CAL FIRE SLO says the fire broke out near the 8000 block of Highway 58 and Bitterwater Road and has burned roughly 20 acres.
The fire is under investigation.
WILDLAND FIRE: Firefighters #BitterwaterIC #BitterwaterAA at scene of a fire near the 8000 block of HWY 58/ Bitterwater Rd California Valley. Roughly 20 acres, Fire is under investigation. pic.twitter.com/qpXchbjA5a
— CAL FIRE SLO (@CALFIRE_SLO) June 5, 2024
