For the second time in less than 24 hours, firefighters from the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District and additional nearby agencies have been on scene of a fast moving vegetation in the southern area of Rancho Cordova Monday afternoon.
Now named the Douglass Fire, Monday’s fire broke out at 3:06 p.m. Monday in the area of Douglass Road and Sunrise Boulevard in Rancho Cordova. The fire is burning in an area near just west of the communities of Anatolia and Sunridge Park and east of Mather.
Firefighters on the ground are being assisted by air support. As of 4:15 p.m. the fire had grown in size to 124 acres. There have been no reports of structure damage or evacuation needs as of yet.
The fire is continuing to out-flank firefighters and continuing to push fast to the south, per radio traffic from incident command. Over 30 units have been dispatched to the scene, in additional to Sac Metro, Cal Fire and Folsom engines are providing mutual aid. An arson investigation unit has also been dispatched to the scene.
The fire is burning up towards the Mather Golf Course on the western flank and has reportedly jumped the canal on the eastern side. Firefighters are utilizing dozers to cut a line around the permitter of the fire.
Traffic on southbound Sunrise Boulevard is being diverted to eastbound Douglas Road. Northbound Sunrise Boulevard is closed from Douglas Road to Jackson Road.
The fire is in close proximity to the Jackson Fire that burned 900 acres Sunday afternoon into early Monday morning. Firefighters are busy across the region Monday with additional fires near Interstate 80 in Sacramento as well as Rio Linda, Calaveras and Manteca where evacuations were called for Monday afternoon.
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