Crews stop half-acre brush fire in riverbed east of Paso Robles
PASO ROBLES, Calif. - Firefighters have stopped the forward progress of a brush fire that started in the riverbed Friday evening.
CAL FIRE said the burn started just after 7 p.m. near the 5100 block of Estrella Road close to Whitley Gardens east of Paso Robles.
The fire grew to about half-an-acre in size.
Crews said the fire started after a tree broke and fell into some nearby powerlines.
— CAL FIRE SLO (@CALFIRE_SLO) July 31, 2021