Firefighters report 100% containment on Fremont fire near Schellville

A vegetation fire that ignited Wednesday afternoon east of Schellville along the border of Sonoma and Napa counties was 100% contained on Thursday morning, officials said.

Called the Fremont fire, the blaze started just after 2 p.m. near Fremont Drive and Napa Road, southeast of the city of Sonoma.

It burned 116 acres of grass and oak woodland in hilly terrain surrounded by vineyards and ranches, said Cal Fire spokesman Tyree Zander.

No homes were threatened by the fire and nobody was evacuated or injured.

The blaze threw a thick cloud of smoke into the sky as winds whipped up Wednesday afternoon, Zander said.

The fire reached stands of oak trees, but in most cases didn’t entirely torch them, Zander said.

“It mainly burned on the grass level,” he said.

Firefighters on Thursday were putting out sections of the fire that were still burning within the containment lines.

“They’re dealing with some trees that are falling, so that’s limiting them to get some access to some of the hot spots, but they’re working around that,“ Zander said.

Cal Fire is investigating the cause of the blaze.

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