Three Cotati Area Homes Burned in Monday Fire

By Bay City News Service         

Cal Fire was conducting overhaul operations this morning at the scene of a vegetation fire that spread to three homes near state Highway 116 on Monday afternoon.

The fire was reported around 4 p.m. on the south side of the highway near Stony Point Road in the Cotati area, Cal Fire Division Chief Eric Hoffmann said. The fire jumped the highway and spread to vegetation near three homes and an outbuilding near Stony Glen Lane, Hoffmann said.

The homes were not occupied at the time of the fire, Hoffman said. The flames consumed about 5 acres before the fire was contained about an hour later, Hoffmann said.

The cause of the blaze is under investigation.