Firefighters were battling several small grass and vegetation fires Monday afternoon near the Buena Vista exit of Highway 1.
Pilot Don Whiteside had just taken off from Watsonville Airport on Monday afternoon in a 1947 Aeronca L-16 US Army Air Corps observation plane when he noticed the column of smoke rising from Trabing Road and took this photo. Backed up northbound Highway 1 traffic at Buena Vista Drive can be seen below the column. WATSONVILLE — Firefighters battling several small vegetation fires Monday afternoon contained the blazes to about 2 acres near the northbound Buena Vista Drive exit of Highway 1.
By shortly after 2 p.m., forward progress on the so-called Buena Fires had been halted and two additional nearby fires were contained, Juliette said. The cause of the fire remained under investigation late Monday afternoon.Firefighters halt forward progress of five-alarm blaze in Oakland Hills Helicopters and an air tanker, in addition to other fire ground apparatus, were called in to assist in fighting the fire. Additional responding agencies included San Mateo County Fire, Cal Fire BEU air attack, Cal Fire CSU’s Alma Helitack station and others, Juliette said.
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