Fire teams on the scene of over 100-acre vegetation fire in eastern San Luis Obispo County

SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Fire crews are responding to an over 100-acre vegetation fire near the intersection of Gypsum Trail and Black Bear Road, east of Simmler and north of the Carrizo Plain National Monument Thursday.

According to the San Luis Obispo County Fire Department, flames have a moderate rate of spread through dry grasses and are approaching a nearby solar array that crews are carefully working around.

Fire teams were initially called to the scene of a 12-acre fire off of State Route 58, near the border with Kern County around 4:48 p.m. Thursday and the fire was already over 100 acres within an hour noted the San Luis Obispo County Fire Department.

This is an evolving fire response and more information will be added to this article when it is received.