Articles Tagged With ‘Fire’




Fire displaces five people in Oceano

By KAREN VELIE A fire fueled by clutter displaced five people in Oceano on Monday morning. Shortly after 5 a.m., a caller reported a fire burning at a home on the 1400 block of 16th Street. Firefighters were able to... (Continue reading)

Bitter Fire near Shandon scorches 1,300 acres

By KAREN VELIE The Bitter Fire burning near Shandon has scorched 1,300 acres and is 26% contained on Saturday evening. First reported shortly after 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, the fire is in rolling hills of grass and barley fields. Access... (Continue reading)

Eagle Fire burns 38 acres near Lake Nacimiento

By KAREN VELIE A vegetation fire that burned 30 acres between Lake Nacimiento and Lake San Antonio in San Luis Obispo County is 80 % contained on Saturday morning, according to Cal Fire. Shortly before 1 p.m. on Friday, a... (Continue reading)

Fire displaces six people in Paso Robles

By KAREN VELIE A fire at a home in Paso Robles displaced six people on Friday afternoon. Shortly after 3 p.m., a caller reported a fire burning at a home at 3220 Lucas Lane. The fire is suspected to have... (Continue reading)

Fire burns 261 acres at Fort Hunter Liggett

By KAREN VELIE A vegetation fire burned 261 acres at Fort Hunter Liggett, an Army base on the south side of Monterey County, on Monday afternoon. In the early afternoon, firefighters announced the blaze had burned 10 acres. Crews conducted... (Continue reading)

Firefighters extinguish fire at commercial building in Paso Robles

By KAREN VELIE Paso Robles firefighters quickly extinguished a fire at a five-unit commercial building on Saturday morning. Shortly after 5 a.m., a caller reported a fire burning at a building located at 2508 Spring Street. Firefighters arrived to find... (Continue reading)

Suspected arson fire destroys, damages 20 vehicles in Santa Maria

By KAREN VELIE Santa Maria police officers are investigating a suspected arson fire that damaged or destroyed 20 vehicles on Thursday. Shortly before 1 a.m., a caller reported fast moving fires moving through carports at the Summergate Apartments on Morrison... (Continue reading)

Neighbors help neighbors fight fire in rural Santa Margarita

By KAREN VELIE A couple with a home in rural Santa Margarita spotted smoke at a neighbor’s property, called 911 and then proceeded to stomp on the fire on Monday afternoon. Within minutes, five people were working on the half... (Continue reading)

Downed power line cause fires, outages in Paso Robles

By Karen Velie A downed power line in Paso Robles left hundreds without power and caused three small fires on Wednesday afternoon. Shortly after 1:30 p.m., a caller reported a vegetation fire near the intersection of Geneseo Road and Moon... (Continue reading)

Fire destroys grocery store in Santa Maria

By KAREN VELIE Firefighters from mutiple agencies fought a two-alarm fire that destroyed a grocery store in Santa Maria on Tuesday evening. Shortly before midnight, firefighters responded a fire alarm at Lassens Natural Foods & Vitamins in Santa Maria. With... (Continue reading)