Update: Crews contain fire in Salinas Riverbed
Update posted July 29, 6 a.m.
Fire was human-caused, at site of homeless encampment
Paso Robles Fire and Emergency Services has provided an update on the fire that occurred in the Salinas Riverbed yesterday.
On Wednesday, at approximately 11:27 a.m., Paso Robles Fire and Emergency Services responded to a report of a vegetation fire in the riverbed, south of the Niblick Bridge. First arriving firefighters found a quarter acre of grass and brush actively burning in the riverbed. Firefighters were able to contain the fire within 30 minutes to one acre and worked to fully extinguish the fire over the next five hours.
Three fire engines and one Battalion Chief from Paso Robles responded. Under the city’s automatic mutual aid agreement, two engines, one battalion chief and one crew from Cal Fire/SLO County responded.
The cause of the fire was found to be human in nature, at the site of a homeless encampment. The fire was contained on two sides by previously grazed areas and manmade fire breaks.
Original story posted July 28, 12 p.m.
Photos by Peter Schroeder.
Fire contained to one acre
–Paso Robles Fire and Emergency Services and Cal Fire San Luis Obispo firefighters responded to a fire in the Salinas Riverbed in Paso Robles on Wednesday. The fire broke out before noon near the area under the Niblick Road bridge.
Crews were able to contain the fire to approximately one acre and stop forward progress. 
Cal Fire SLO tweeted about the incident:
VEGETATION FIRE: Niblick Rd x NB HWY 101 in #PasoRobles. Assisting @PasoRoblesES with a fire in the riverbed. Approximately 1 acre, forward progress has been stopped. #CountyofSlo #NiblickIC pic.twitter.com/QOBFc5ffJj
— CAL FIRE SLO (@CALFIRE_SLO) July 28, 2021
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