Firefighters Battle Brush Fire Near Highway 128 This Morning

Update, 10:50 a.m.: 

By Bay City News Service

Two large vegetation fires are continuing to burn this morning in Sonoma and Napa counties, Cal Fire said.

In Sonoma County, the Yellow Fire is raging on, and has burned 125 acres of oak woodland and rolling hills east of Healdsburg, according to Cal Fire. The blaze started around 1:20 a.m. today as two separate fires in the area of Yellow Jacket Ranch Road and state Highway 128 in Knights Valley, Stasko said.     

The Silverado Fire in Napa County has charred about 75 acres of grass and oak woodland north of Yountville and has destroyed one structure, Cal Fire spokeswoman Karen Stasko said. The fire was reported near the 7300 block of Silverado Trail, close to Oakville Cross Road, at 11:44 p.m. Tuesday. It is at least 60 percent contained, according Cal Fire.

The two initial fires later merged. That Yellow Fire, which was 50 percent contained as of 9 a.m., is expected to be fully contained Thursday morning.

Update: 9:38 a.m.:  In Sonoma County, the Yellow Fire is raging on, and has burned 125 acres of oak woodland and rolling hills east of Healdsburg, according to Cal Fire.

The blaze started around 1:20 a.m. today as two separate fires in the area of Yellow Jacket Ranch Road and state Highway 128 in Knights Valley, Stasko said. The two initial fires later merged.

That Yellow Fire, which was 50 percent contained as of 9 a.m., is expected to be fully contained Thursday morning.

Previously:

A fallen tree and a brush fire temporarily blocked the westbound lane of state Highway 128 in Sonoma County this morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Firefighters are continuing to battle three fires across 200 acres of land off of state Highway 128, in the vicinity of Yellow Jacket Ranch Road and Scott Road, just east of Petaluma, according to CalFire officials.