Update: CAL Fire Working Blaze In Murphys Area
Update at 2:25 p.m.:Â CAL Fire reports that crews have stopped the forward rate of spread of a vegetation fire that ignited in the Murphys area of Calaveras County. The fire is an acre in size. It broke out around 1:15 p.m. in some grass at a property in the 5600 block of Log Cabin Drive near Darby Lane and west of French Gulch Road and Highway 4Â Crews will remain on scene mopping up for the next hour. What sparked the blaze is under investigation.
Update at 2:05 p.m.:Â Â A vegetation fire in the Murphys area of CalaverasCounty has grown slightly in size.
The flames ignited in some grass at a property in the 5600 block of LogCabin Drive near Darby Lane and west of French Gulch Road and Highway 4. CALFire reports the size has increased from a quarter acre to an acre and the flames are moving at a slow rate of spread. They add the crews have almost got a hose line around the fire. No structures are threatened at this time. An update will be provided as soon as new information comes into the newsroom.
Original post at 1:40 p.m.: Murphys, CA — Fire crews are battling a vegetation fire in the Murphys area of Calaveras County.
The flames broke out in some grass at a property in the 5600 block of Log Cabin Drive near Darby Lane and west of French Gulch Road and Highway 4. CAL Fire reports the fire is a quarter acre in size and moving at a slow rate of spread. No structures are threatened at this time. An update will be provided as soon as new information comes into the newsroom.
