A brush fire burning in the mountains in the Hesperia area quickly grew to around 78 acres before firefighters were able to stop its progress on Saturday, Aug. 24, authorities said.
The blaze, dubbed the Summit fire, was reported around 3:40 p.m., burning around 3 acres in the area near the intersection of highways 173 and 138, northwest of Silverwood Lake, according to the San Bernardino County Fire Department.
By 5:30 pm., the fire’s forward progress was halted at 78 acres and it was 5% contained, San Bernardino County Fire reported.
There were no immediate reports of injuries and structures threatened. Information on the cause of the fire wasn’t immediately available.
Agencies addressing the fire were the county fire department as well as Cal Fire San Bernardino and the San Bernardino National Forest.
