By Jim Reece - A motor home caught on fire on Highway 26 Wednesday morning and briefly spread toward wild land before being contained by local firefighters, including from Amador County. A Railroad Flat resident was moving his motor home this morning when it caught fire on Highway 26 about a mile from the Highway 88 junction.

The fire burned in the rear engine compartment and spread quickly to about the last third of the vehicle and started a roadside fire which then spread into the nearby woods. Quick action by fire responders stopped the fire from further spreading into wild land. The vehicle was heavily damaged by the flames.