California Firefighters Halt Vineyard Blaze
Fresno firefighters have brought a vineyard fire under control near Kerman on Friday morning.
The blaze destroyed an outbuilding and damaged several vehicles near California and Jamison avenues.
Fire Captain Tony Escobedo said a firefighter was en route to Kerman when he saw a column of smoke coming from the building and found a woman trying to put out the flames.
Escobedo called for help. Firefighters arrived and prevented the blaze from spreading to a nearby home.
The cause is under investigation and the amount of damage being assessed.
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