Firefighters are getting the upper hand on a brush fire which caused a big scare on the Central Coast this afternoon, forcing some evacuations.
The roughly 100 acre blaze was discovered at around 2:45 p.m. Monday, in San Luis Obispo. It’s on the east side of the city, near San Luis Obispo High school. The fire is burning on a rugged hillside. Air tankers were used to help fight the fire.
The high school was evacuated. Evacuation orders were issued for homes south of Lizzie Street, east of Fixlini Street, and north of Bishop Street.
The fire burned near some homes on the hill above the high school. There’s no word of any structures being damaged. Two smallers fires occurred near the Cal Poly campus, but no evacuations were ordered, and they were quickly contained.
