Crime & Safety
Tamarancho Fire Near Fairfax Fully Contained
Marin firefighters responded to the 10-acre vegetation fire near a Boy Scout Camp at 4:50 p.m. Sunday. Breaking.
MARIN COUNTY, CA — The Tamarancho Fire near Fairfax was fully contained Monday morning, the Marin County Fire Department reported.
Firefighters responded to the 10-acre vegetation fire near a Boy Scout Camp just outside of Fairfax at 4:50 p.m. Sunday. Nearly 100 fire personnel and several aircraft were dispatched to assist in controlling the fire.
Iron Springs Road was closed as firefighters battled the blaze.
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No structures were threatened and no injuries or evacuations were reported, according to Marin County Fire spokesman Bret McTigue.
In a Twitter post at about 10 a.m. Monday, the agency reported that the fire was fully contained and that all crews had been released from the scene.
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The cause of the fire was under investigation.
— Bay City News Service contributed to this report.
Image via Marin County Fire Department, Twitter
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