Fire burns brush in Salinas Riverbed, S. River Road closed
A vegetation fire burned Thursday evening in the Salinas Riverbed just south of the 13th Street bridge. Smoke filled the air around the downtown and over Highway 101. Paso Robles firefighters responded at 6:07 p.m. First arriving firefighters found a wind-driven brush fire burning in the riverbed towards 13th Street, north up the riverbed.
The firefighters kept the fire in the riverbed and got it under control quickly. The fire was contained to one acre at about 7:20 p.m. after several spot fires in front of the main fire were extinguished. No structures were damaged by the fire. No firefighter or civilian injuries were reported.
A portion of River Road between 13th and Niblick streets was closed from about 6:30 p.m. to midnight. Firefighters remained at the scene conducting mop-up operations for the majority of the night. A total of 23 firefighters from the Paso Robles Department of Emergency Services, CalFire/SLO County Fire Department, and Templeton Fire
Department responded to the incident.
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