Crews Stop Forward Spread Of Stony Fire West Of Cotati
COTATI (CBS SF) -- Cal Fire units in the North Bay were able to stop the forward spread of a brush fire burning on Stony Point Road near the town of Cotati Thursday afternoon, according to authorities.
The Cal Fire Sonoma Lake Napa units tweeted about the two-acre vegetation fire on the 6200 block of Stony Point Road at 2:39 p.m. Thursday.
#STONYFIRE - CAL FIRE Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit is on-scene of a 2-acre vegetation in the 6200 block of Stony Point Road. West of the town of Cotati in Sonoma County. Updates to follow.#CALFIRELNU #CALFIRE pic.twitter.com/00tnZ66Oku
— CAL FIRE LNU (@CALFIRELNU) June 18, 2020
The so-called Stony Fire was burning in Sonoma County west of the town of Cotati.
At 3:24 p.m., Cal Fire tweeted that forward progress of the fire had been stopped. Fire crews were staying on the scene to construct containment lines and mop up.
#STONYFIRE - CAL FIRE LNU is on-scene of a 2-acre vegetation fire in the 6200 block of Stony Point Road. Forward progress has been stopped,crews will remain on scene for 2 hour constructing containment lines and doing Mop-up. Please use caution when Driving in the area. pic.twitter.com/Pvy4HejcLj
— CAL FIRE LNU (@CALFIRELNU) June 18, 2020
CBS SF is monitoring this developing story and will provide updates as new information becomes available.