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Crews Knocked Down Small Fire near Interstate 5 in Sunny Valley on Sunday

Crews knocked down a small fire near Interstate 5 in the Sunny Valley area yesterday.

Rural Metro Fire Department and the Oregon Department of Forestry were dispatched to the reported blaze near milepost 71 of I-5 on Sunday at 12:21 p.m..

Rural Metro officials reported arriving firefighters mounted an aggressive attack and had a wet line around the fire by 12:50 p.m.. They said growth of the fire was stopped at about one-quarter acre.

Officials said there was no structural threat and freeway traffic was not affected.

ODF was investigating the cause of the fire.
Posted on 7/29/24 6:01AM by Sam Marsh