Monday, 23 July 2007 01:55

Fire Reported Yesterday outside of Amador County

slide42Yesterday afternoon a fire was reported outside of Amador County just off Clay Station Road in Sacramento County. The fire near Simmerhorn Rd was clearly visible from Amador County. A fire Saturday was reported by CAL FIRE officials outside of Valley springs in Calaveras County. Nearly 200 acres off of Hwy 26 in the Linden-Peters area was contained after several hours of fire fighting. Responding to the fire: all Columbia Air Base aircraft plus a helicopter from Yosemite, three local engines, 14 state engines, two dozers, four hand crews, one strike team from Morgan Hill in Santa Clara County and three water tenders.There were no injuries or structures damaged.