Firefighters stopped a grass fire Wednesday afternoon north of
the Dunne Avenue bridge over Anderson Lake before it could spread
into the wildlands of Henry Coe State Park or to Holiday Lake
Estates homes.
Firefighters stopped a grass fire Wednesday afternoon north of the Dunne Avenue bridge over Anderson Lake before it could spread into the wildlands of Henry Coe State Park or to Holiday Lake Estates homes.
In all, seven engines from the California Department of Forestry, one from South Santa Clara County Fire District and two from Santa Clara County Fire Department converged on the 1.5-acre fire, along with two bulldozers, an air attack craft, two air tankers and a battalion chief. The fire was reported at 4:10 p.m.
Fire Prevention Specialist Chris Morgan of CDF said the fire was contained and brought under control within an hour and, since the first 30 firefighters on the scene reported they could handle the situation, much of the equipment was canceled before it arrived.
The fire area was all grass and no structures were threatened or damaged, Morgan said. The cause is still under investigation.
“It was a bit breezy,” Morgan said, “but fortunately the temperatures were not as hot as earlier in the week.”
The fire was in an area called Woodchopper Flats.
Several of the canceled units were sent to a second fire reported at 5:20 p.m. at Madrone and Hale avenues, northwest of Morgan Hill. Both fires were put out reasonably quickly, Morgan said. Madrone/Hale was controlled by 6:10 p.m., primarily by a SCCFD engine unit from El Toro Station, assisted by a South County unit.
