UPPER LAKE, Calif. – Firefighters are battling a large wildland fire sparked late Wednesday afternoon by a vehicle crash along Highway 20.
The incident, which has been dubbed the Saratoga Fire, was estimated by Cal Fire to be 90 acres and 20-percent contained just after 6 p.m.
The California Highway Patrol reported that a vehicle went into a ditch and caught fire shortly before 4 p.m. in the area of Highway 20 near Scotts Valley Road.
The crash – which the CHP said resulted in minor injuries – caused vegetation on both sides of the roadway to catch fire.
Firefighters from Northshore Fire, Lakeport Fire, Mendocino National Forest and Cal Fire responded, with engines and air resources also at the scene, radio reports indicated.
CHP subsequently reported that Highway 20 was closed to through traffic at Blue Lakes Lodge and at Scotts Valley Road.
Just after 6 p.m., officials reported that Scotts Valley Road was open in both directions in order to divert traffic around the closure, but Highway 20 remained closed.
Additional information will be posted as it becomes available.
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