Linden, CA — A nearly 50-acre vegetation fire ignited on Sunday evening in the Linden area of San Joaquin County.
The CAL Fire Tuolumne-Calaveras unit responded at around six o’clock to the 46-acre blaze near Flood Road and Waverly Road. In addition, there were resources from the Calaveras Consolidated Fire Department, San Andreas Fire, Mokelumne Hill Fire, Copperopolis Fire, Clements Fire, and Linden-Peters Fire. The forward progress was stopped on the Flood Fire by 7 pm and full containment was reached by 10 pm. Mop-up continued into the late-night hours.
The cause of the fire is not immediately known.
Written by BJ Hansen.
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