Horse Killed in California Grass Fire

There is no word on what caused the fire.
June 22, 2009

SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. --

A horse was killed Monday morning in a two-alarm grass fire north of Elk Grove.

Smoke from a two-alarm grass fire in Elk Grove can be seen from downtown Sacramento.

Two separate blazes -- one 5 acres, the other 10 acres -- burned near the 9700 block of Carmencita Avenue, off Bradshaw and Gerber.

Huge clouds of white smoke could be seen from downtown Sacramento as the fires raged. It took firefighters about 30 minutes to get the fires under control.

One resident was evaluated and treated at the scene for smoke inhalation.

There's no word yet on the cause of the blaze.

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