Updated 9:00 a.m.
Cal Fire says the Mountain Fire, which broke out Tuesday afternoon near Keswick in Shasta County, is now 80 percent contained.
#MountainFire [update] near Iron Mountain Road, south of Keswick (Shasta County) is now 35 acres and 80% contained. pic.twitter.com/djqPFjpDSN
— CAL FIRE (@CAL_FIRE) August 10, 2016
Original story:
The forward spread has been stopped on a Shasta County fire that so far has burned about 35 acres and is reported to be 50 percent contained.
The so-called Mountain Fire was first reported just after noon today along Iron Mountain Road near the town of Keswick.
The CHP is reporting that a hard road closure that was in effect from Keswick Dam Road to Highway 299 has been shortened.
Iron Mountain Road is now closed between Sanders Road and Keswick Dam Road. All residences in that closure area have been evacuated, although there have been no structures reported to be lost.
A Red Cross evacuation center is open at Shasta High School.
Additional current fire incident information can be found on Cal Fire's website.
#MountainFire [update] near Iron Mountain Road, south of Keswick (Shasta Co) is now 35 acres. Fwd progress stopped. pic.twitter.com/ZeSqOa096p
— CAL FIRE (@CAL_FIRE) August 9, 2016
Firefighters are battling a 25 acre fire near Iron Mountain Road x Keswick Dam Road (Shasta County)#MountainFire pic.twitter.com/3fxmUsG5cG
— CAL FIRE SHU (@CALFIRESHU) August 9, 2016
#MountainFire pic.twitter.com/pU0HpGJlht
— CAL FIRE SHU (@CALFIRESHU) August 9, 2016
A map of the evacuated area. #mountainfire pic.twitter.com/vuiJdtWfpX
— KRCR News Channel 7 (@KRCR7) August 9, 2016