Updated Vehicle fire into vegetation near Yankee Hill in Tuolumne County
Update at 10:55 a.m.: Cal Fire reports a blaze that was first reported as a structure fire turned out to be a vehicle fire that spread to nearby vegetation and has been handled by fire crews. CAL Fire reports their crews along with Sonora City Fire were able to quickly stop the flames’ forward rate of spread at to an 1/8 of an acre. A small crew will remain on scene, which is in the 22300 block of Gunsight Road near Covington Mine Road, east of Highway 49 in the Yankee Hill area of Tuolumne County, mopping up for the next couple of hours.