Cal Fire suspends burn permits as fires break out in the Sacramento region
Cal Fire suspended residential debris burning permits within the state responsibility areas of Alpine, Amador, El Dorado, Sacramento and San Joaquin counties on Saturday.
State responsibility areas are locations where Cal Fire is the primary emergency response agency responsible for fire suppression and prevention.
Warming temperatures, dry winds and abundant grass growth are increasing fire danger across the region and making it unsafe for the public to perform burns, according to a press release from Cal Fire's Amador-El Dorado unit.
Fires have already started popping up in the area.
One was quickly contained in southeastern Sacramento County on Saturday after burning 80 acres and threatening several structures.
Consumnes Community Service District Fire Department responded to a grass fire in the rural part of Elk Grove between Bradshaw Road and Bader Road, south of Calvine Road.
The Bradshaw fire briefly prompted evacuations of a few ranch homes, according to Cal Fire.
Forward progress of the fire was stopped Saturday afternoon and its cause is under investigation. The Consumnes CSD Fire Department reported no injuries and has begun a damage assessment.
On Sunday another vegetation fire, along Sheridan Boulevard, south of the community of Sheridan, prompted Cal Fire to order evacuations. Those have since been lifted. By 2:54 p.m. the fire had burned 49 acres and was 20% contained.
To protect homes and property Cal Fire suggests clearing all dead vegetation within 100 feet of structures and finding alternative ways to dispose of landscape debris.
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