[UPDATE 5:44 p.m.] Multi Acre Fire Burning Near Blue Lake

About five acres are burning near the Green Diamond Nursery off Riverside Road southeast of Blue Lake, according to the Incident Commander speaking over the scanner at about 4:35 p.m.

The Incident Commander reported the fire is burning at a moderate rate and he requested additional resources.

Please remember that this story is unfolding. Information is being reported as we gather it. However, some of the information coming from witnesses and initial official reports could be wrong. We will do our best to get the facts but, in the case that something is inaccurate, we will update with correct information as soon as we can.

UPDATE 5:37 p.m.: A dispatcher has just requested High Rock Conservation crew respond to the Blue Fire.

Smoke from the Blue Fire. [Photo by Mark Nelson]

UPDATE 5:44 p.m.: Forward progress has been stopped, the Incident Commander told dispatch, but, he said, there were fuels burning in the interior of the fire that were still giving off smoke and it would take crews several hours to mop up.