[Update: Photos] Firefighters Responding to Slash Fire Near West of Dinsmore on Highway 36

Stock photo by Oliver Cory

Firefighters are responding to a fire that broke out around 8:20 p.m. Saturday evening along Highway 36 west of Dinsmore.

According to initial reports from emergency dispatch, the fire is burning in logging slash in an active logging site and was estimated to be about a quarter acre in size at a little before 9 p.m. Firefighters in the area can see the fire and are working to make access to the scene to determine its exact location to fight it.

Please remember that information gathered from initial reports is subject to revision as more facts become available.

Update 9:10 p.m.:

CAL FIRE headed to the Patch Fire [Photos by Jesse Armstrong]

The Patch Fire, reported as a fire ignited in slash within an active logging site.