Firefighters have stopped the growth of a 500 acre plus wildfire in a remote area of San Luis Obispo County.
What’s being called the Bear Fire started just after 3 Tuesday afternoon in the California Valley area. The blaze is just northwest of Carrizo Plain National Monument.
The fire forced a handful of evacuations in the sparsely populated area. Firefighters used air tankers and helicopters to help fight the blaze. One structure was reported damaged.
By 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, firefighters stopped the forward progress of the blaze.
543 acres of land burned.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
