Small brush fire snuffed at Upper Kingsbury
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 10/13/2011 - 12:02pm
Firefighters responded this morning to a quarter-acre brush fire that emitted a lot of smoke near the top of Kingsbury Grade. No structures were threatened. The fire, reported at around 11:45 a.m. was controlled quickly by the first responding unit from Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District, said Fire Chief Ben Sharit.
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