Firefighters stopped a grass fire Wednesday afternoon before it
could spread into the wildlands of Henry Coe State Park or to homes
in Holiday Lake Estates.
Firefighters stopped a grass fire Wednesday afternoon before it could spread into the wildlands of Henry Coe State Park or to homes in Holiday Lake Estates.
The 1.5-acre fire, north of the Dunne Avenue bridge over Anderson Lake east of Morgan Hill, was reported at 4:10 p.m.
In all, seven engines from the California Department of Forestry, one from South Santa Clara County Fire District and two from Santa Clara County Fire Department were called to the blaze, along with two bulldozers, an air attack craft, two air tankers and a battalion chief, just in case the fire got out of control.
Fire Prevention Specialist Chris Morgan of CDF said the fire was contained and brought under control within an hour and, since the first 30 firefighters on the scene reported they could handle the situation, much of the equipment was canceled before it arrived.
The fire area was all grass and no structures were threatened or damaged, Morgan said. The cause is still under investigation.
“It was a bit breezy,” Morgan said, “but fortunately the temperatures were not as hot as earlier in the week.”
The fire was in an area called Woodchopper Flats.
Several of the canceled units were sent to a second fire that started shortly before 5 p.m. at Madrone and Hale avenues, northwest of Morgan Hill. It also was quickly extinguished.
