Update: Forward spread stopped on Amador County grass fire, Cal Fire says
A vegetation fire in Amador County burned several acres and briefly threatened structures before spread was halted early Friday afternoon, according to Cal Fire.
The fire was estimated at about 3 to 5 acres and was burning in the area of Meath Drive in Sutter Creek, Cal Fire’s Amador-El Dorado unit wrote in a social media post just after 1 p.m.
Cal Fire said in an update shortly after 2 p.m. that firefighters had stopped forward progress and “mitigated the threat to structures.”
It was not immediately clear how many structures were threatened.
Sutter Creek, population 2,500, is just north of Jackson along Highway 49. Meath Drive is in a sparse area about 3 miles northeast of Sutter Creek.
This story was originally published July 16, 2021 at 1:48 PM.
