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Spot Fires Break Out Near Marina

Erika Mahoney
The spot fires are located along Reservation Road in Marina and near Marina Airport.
Credit Erika Mahoney
Monterey County Regional Fire District on the scene of the blaze.

4:00pm: A total of three spot fires broke out Saturday morning near the Marina airport. Two of the fires were under an acre and the third was about 49 acres. All three are fully contained. Fire personnel will be mopping up into the evening. 

According to Marina Fire Chief Doug McCoun, 55 people were on scene on the wildland fire. A drone team with Monterey County Regional Emergency Communications Center assisted. Road closures remain in place. Cal State Monterey Bay sent an alert warning people to avoid the area. 

The cause of the fire is under investigation. 

12:30pm: A number of spot wildfires broke out in the Marina area on Saturday morning. 

Reservation Road has been closed between Blanco Road and Imjin Parkway. Blanco Road is also closed between Reservation and Cooper Roads. 

California Highway Patrol, Marina Police, Cal Fire, North County Fire and Monterey County Regional Fire are all assisting in putting out the fires, which have broken out in multiple locations. 

Credit Erika Mahoney
Firefighters on the scene of spot fires in Marina.

This is a developing story. 

Erika joined KAZU in 2016. Her roots in radio began at an early age working for the independent community radio station in her hometown of Boulder, Colorado. After graduating from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University in 2012, Erika spent four years working as a television reporter. She’s very happy to be back in public radio and loves living in the Monterey Bay Area.