Firefighters responded to a brush fire in the Santa Maria Riverbed on Thursday afternoon.
The fire was first reported at 3 p.m. on the west side of the Highway 101 bridge.
According to a KSBY News crew at the scene, the fire was burning near an area where cleanup crews were planning to dismantle homeless encampments in the riverbed; however, fire officials said the flames did not spread into the encampments.
CAL FIRE SLO Battalion Chief Chad Fleming told KSBY News at the scene that the fire was contained at five acres.
Firefighters were expected to remain at the scene for a couple of hours mopping up.
No one was injured.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
"It's the time of year it's hot, it's dry, the brush and the grass is cured, and it takes just a very small ignition for these fires to start," Fleming said.
