Firefighters Reach Full Containment of 50-Acre Fire in Thermal

Firefighters Reach Full Containment of 50-Acre Fire in Thermal

A brush fire that burned 50 acres of vegetation in Thermal was fully contained Sunday. The fire was reported Thursday around 10:25 p.m. in the 86100 block of Airport Boulevard, according to the nonprofit wildfire-information service Watch Duty. At the initial time of report, the fire was burning a quarter of an acre of vegetation in medium-to-heavy fuels at a moderate rate of spread, and grew to 50 acres by 2 a.m. Friday. The fire’s forward prog…