El Dorado County wildfire off Highway 49 fully contained
Submitted by paula on Fri, 04/17/2015 - 7:36pm
Smoke in the sky in El Dorado County was from 14-acre wildfire on Thursday, according to Cal Fire.
The Gold Fire was off 8201 Highway 49 in the area of Sand Ridge Road.
The location is near or where the Sand Fire burned in 2104.
Cal Fire tweeted the fire was 100 percent contained as of 5:30 p.m. Friday afternoon.
The flames were in a hard-to-reach area, Cal Fire reported. One helicopter was initially working the fire and additional firefighting resources had been requested.
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