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Grass fire burns about 15 acres near Camanche Reservoir in Amador County

Grass fire burns about 15 acres near Camanche Reservoir in Amador County
FIRE. AND RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE SOME BREAKING NEWS COMING OUT OF AMADOR COUNTY. THIS IS VIDEO FROM ONE OF OUR SKYCAM RASMUSSEN HERE OF A NEW FIRE THAT'S BURNING, AGAIN, IN AMADOR COUNTY NEAR THE KOMEN MUCH RESERVOIR, WE KNOW THIS IS A GRASS FIRE AT 10 ACRES IN SIZE. WE WANT TO BRING IN CHIEF METEOROLOGIST MARK FINAN RIGHT NOW FOR THE LATEST ON THIS. IS THIS MOVING AT THIS POINT. MARK: YEAH, YOU KNOW, THIS JUST BLEW UP WITHIN THE LAST 15 MINUTES OR SO, AND LET ME GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA OF EXACTLY WHERE THIS IS BURNING. HERE IS THE COMANCHE RESERVOIR AND COAL MINE ROAD. THIS IS BEING CALLED THE COAL FIRE BECAUSE IT'S ON COAL MINE ROAD NEAR BUENA VISTA ROAD. NOT A LOT OF WIND IN THE AREA, BUT THIS IS AN AREA OF ROLLING TERRAIN AND MIXED VEGETATION, A LOT OF GRASS, WHICH IS VERY DRY, SO IT'S LIGHT FLASHY FUEL. THERE ARE SCATTERED HOMES IN THIS AREA. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY WORD ABOUT KALUNKI ELEVATIONS AT IT POINT, -- EVACUATION INS THIS POINT. IF YOU ARE IN THIS AREA, GO SOUTH TO HIGHWAY 12 IF YOU CAN OR NORTH TO HIGHWAY 88, WHICHEVER WAY IS MOST CONVENIENT. THERE ARE AIRCRAFT ON THE SCENE, CAL FIRE HAS RESPONDED, THEY ARE DOING WATER DROPS AND RETARDANT DROPS RIGHT NOW, BUT KEEP IN MIND, THIS FIRE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GROW MORE IN
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Grass fire burns about 15 acres near Camanche Reservoir in Amador County
Fire crews battled a grass fire that burned in Amador County near the Camanche Reservoir on Sunday. KCRA 3 Chief Meteorologist Mark Finan is tracking the fire and says it burned in the area of Coal Mine Road near Buena Vista Road. He said the area has a lot of mixed vegetation, which includes a lot of dry grass.Video from Alert Wildfire showed helicopters performing water drops on a large plume of smoke. Cal Fire said the fire burned about 15 acres before forward progress was stopped. When fire officials say they stop the forward progress of a fire, that means they have stopped the flames from spreading in a particular direction(s).There have been no reports of evacuations.Finan advised if you are in the area to go to the east of Pardee Dam Road to Highway 12. If you are near the north end, he says to go to Highway 88. It's unclear what sparked the fire.| RELATED | 2022 Northern California wildfire resources: Where to find county evacuation info, maps, alerts and moreKCRA's Fire Threat IndexKCRA 3’s weather team has developed a new tool the team will be using to keep you informed as fire conditions change. It’s called the Fire Threat Index. This will give you an idea of the fire risk on any given day in different areas of our coverage region so you can plan ahead.Stay with KCRA 3 news for the latest on this developing story.

Fire crews battled a grass fire that burned in Amador County near the Camanche Reservoir on Sunday.

KCRA 3 Chief Meteorologist Mark Finan is tracking the fire and says it burned in the area of Coal Mine Road near Buena Vista Road. He said the area has a lot of mixed vegetation, which includes a lot of dry grass.

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Video from Alert Wildfire showed helicopters performing water drops on a large plume of smoke. Cal Fire said the fire burned about 15 acres before forward progress was stopped. When fire officials say they stop the forward progress of a fire, that means they have stopped the flames from spreading in a particular direction(s).

There have been no reports of evacuations.

Finan advised if you are in the area to go to the east of Pardee Dam Road to Highway 12. If you are near the north end, he says to go to Highway 88.

It's unclear what sparked the fire.

| RELATED | 2022 Northern California wildfire resources: Where to find county evacuation info, maps, alerts and more

KCRA's Fire Threat Index

KCRA 3’s weather team has developed a new tool the team will be using to keep you informed as fire conditions change. It’s called the Fire Threat Index. This will give you an idea of the fire risk on any given day in different areas of our coverage region so you can plan ahead.

Stay with KCRA 3 news for the latest on this developing story.