Quick Acting Firefighters Keep Healdsburg Fire from Expanding

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Firefighters have stopped the forward progress of the Madrone fire and mandatory evacuation orders have been lifted. Residents have returned to their homes on Madrone Knolls Road after several structures were threatened in Healdsburg, just west of Highway 101. Will Powers from Cal Fire says the response was quick and far-reaching:

 

 

The blaze broke out around 1:30 yesterday afternoon in the Madrona Knolls area and has burned 13 acres and sparked a spot fire of around three acres. Will Powers says there were a few evacuations: