Shasta County firefighters battled a string of fires that broke out Friday afternoon along Interstate 5 in the north Redding area.
The Knoll Fire burned 2.8 acres, according to firefighters who were on the ground on the 18200 block of Knoll Lane off Oak Leaf — reported just before 6 p.m. Crews stopped the blaze at around 5:10 p.m. Friday, and authorities lifted an evacuation warning for residents who live in zone COR-127.
The Lago Fire off Portero Drive and Encanto Way was stopped at .2 acres, according to Watch Duty, an online map of wildfires and alerts.
The College Fire was reported about 5:10 p.m. in the area of Old Indian Trail and Old Oregon Trail. It was in close proximity to an area where dispatch reported a structure fire that spread to vegetation on the 19000 block of Old Indian Trail near Apache Lane.
The wind was blowing west at 17 mph in Redding, according to Windfinder, an online tool that measures wind speed.
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This article originally appeared on Redding Record Searchlight: Crews stop fires that broke out in north Redding near I-5
Reporting by Jenny Espino, Redding Record Searchlight / Redding Record Searchlight
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