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Firefighters fully contain Sawmill fire
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – On Thursday, four days after it started burning in Sonoma County's rugged terrain, the Sawmill fire was fully contained.
Cal Fire said that the fire was 100-percent contained as of early Thursday evening.
The fire's size was revised down slightly to a total of 1,547 acres, Cal Fire said.
The fire began Sunday morning in the Sonoma County side of The Geysers area, off Big Geysers Road and Geysers Resort Road, 10 miles east of Cloverdale.
Early on in the incident, there was concern that the fire might spread into Lake County, but aggressive backfiring operations and the heavy use of aircraft kept it from moving out of Sonoma County.
No structures were reported destroyed or damaged by the fire, according to Cal Fire.
A small number of firefighters and pieces of equipment remained on scene Thursday. Cal Fire said resources remaining assigned temporarily included 14 firefighters and three fire engines.
Cal Fire said the cause remains under investigation.
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