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Fire teams responded to 154-acre vegetation fire in eastern San Luis Obispo County Thursday

McKittrick Summit North Camera on May 21, 2026.
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McKittrick Summit North Camera on May 21, 2026.
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May 21, 2026 6:23 pm
Published 5:08 pm

SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Fire crews responded to a 154-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 spread quickly through dry grasses and were approaching a nearby solar array that crews were carefully working around before forward progress was ultimately halted Thursday evening.

Image courtesy of the San Luis Obispo County Fire Department.

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.

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