Cal Fire aircraft battles 200-acre Park Fire from above

The Park Fire on a wooded ridgeline outside Morgan Hill has grown to 200 acres and is 20 percent contained, Cal Fire said Sunday morning.

Crews responded just after midnight to the vegetation fire off East Dunne Road and Morgan Hill near Anderson Lake, with some 150 personnel and aircraft resources at the scene.

Evacuations ordered of homes in the area of Finley Ridge Road, outside the Morgan Hill city limits, remain in effect.

A hard road closure on East Dunne Road prior to Anderson Lake is in effect. Cal Fire asks the public to avoid the area.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation as of 4:15 a.m. Sunday morning.

Last modified July 5, 2020 9:31 am

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