Crime & Safety
Grass Fire Burns Next To Sacramento Int'l Airport [VIDEO]
SMF airport operations were unaffected by the sizeable fire, authorities said. See video of the flames.
SACRAMENTO, CA — A grass fire broke out Friday afternoon near the Sacramento International Airport, burning an estimated 100 acres. The blaze was reported at about 3:23 p.m. just east of the SMF runway in the area of Metro Air Parkway, Skyking Road and W. Elkhorn Boulevard, according to the Sacramento Fire Department.
As of 6:10 p.m. Friday, the grass fire had charred about 100 acres.
"Airport operations unaffected," Sac Fire said on Twitter. "No structures threatened and fire is almost fully contained."
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There have been no reports of injuries.
Grass fire near Metro Parkway and Skyline is being contained. No structures threatened. No injuries . Updated acreage to follow pic.twitter.com/s76YmEY2zY
— Sacramento Fire (@SacFirePIO) September 20, 2019
CORRECTION** Metro Air Parkway/ Skyking Rd
— Sacramento Fire (@SacFirePIO) September 21, 2019
UPDATE of acreage burned. Fire was now estimated to have burned around 100 acres in total near Metro Parkway and Skyline Dr. pic.twitter.com/pNyAQ0gNdd
— Sacramento Fire (@SacFirePIO) September 21, 2019
Also on Friday, the Baseline Fire broke out in Placer County and burned at least 604 acres. In a bit of good news, the large vegetation fire was 95-percent contained by 5:30 p.m., officials with Cal Fire said.
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