Valley wildfires now 90% contained Published
Vince Ybarra, CBS 13
Two blazes blacken more than 550 acres - 13 On Your Side s Vince Ybarra reports
IMPERIAL COUNTY (KECY, KYMA) - Crews from across Imperial County have gained the upper hand on a pair of brushfires that broke out Monday night. They now have them 90% contained.
The first blaze started just after 5 Monday afternoon along Rutherford Road near Wiest Lake just outside Brawley. That fire blackened more than 150 acres of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service land.
Around 9, crews got word of another brushfire in the south Valley. It was burning towards Calexico.
“During the stage of that fire, we got another report of a fire here on La Bruchie and Ferral Road and Kuebler is the cross street. Units started coming here, once they got on scene, they realized the fire was intense,” said Imperial County Battalion