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Update: Brush Fire Extinguished Near Brittan Avenue
The fire was reported at 4:21 near the 3400 block of Brittan Avenue in San Carlos.
Update: Thursday 5:57 p.m.
By Bay City News
A brush fire that started in a San Carlos backyard has been extinguished, a Redwood City fire battalion chief said.
The quarter-acre fire was reported at 4:21 p.m. near the 3400 block of Brittan Avenue, Battalion Chief Dave Pucci said.
The blaze was sparked accidentally when a resident was welding outside and a fire started in the dry grass, Pucci said.
The fire was put out just before 5 p.m., he said.
A few homes were briefly threatened, Pucci said, but fire crews were able to contain the flames and no damage was reported.
Crews from Cal Fire and the San Carlos and Redwood City fire departments responded to the blaze, he said.
Update: Thursday 5:12 p.m.
San Carlos Deputy Fire Chief Stan Maupin reports that the fire is largely controlled.
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Original story: Thursday 5:00 p.m.
By Bay City News Service
Firefighters are at the scene of a brush fire in San Carlos this afternoon, a San Mateo County fire dispatcher said.
The fire, which was reported at 4:21 p.m., is burning near the 3400 block of Brittan Avenue.
[Patch will update this story as information becomes available.]
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