Crews Contain Fire Along Lower American River Parkway, Business 80 Traffic Impacted By Smoke

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The latest on the Lower American River Parkway Fire impacting Business 80 traffic on Monday:

5:30 p.m.

Crews were able to contain the 30-acre fire and were performing mop-ups on hot spots. Heavy smoke was still in the sky above the area, but was beginning to die down.

4:21 p.m.

The Sacramento Fire Department said the fire in the Lower American River Parkway has burned 30 acres. The fire started just before 2 p.m.

No injuries have been reported and the cause remains under investigation.

Firefighters are battling a vegetation fire near Expo Boulevard and Business 80 Monday afternoon.

The fire is burning in vegetation along the bike trail near mile marker 4 on the lower American River Parkway. The Sacramento Fire Department said the fire is unrelated to the one that happened Monday morning.

A plume of smoke can be seen right off of Business 80. Traffic is impacted.

No injuries have been reported, and multiple crews were on the scene.

Updates to follow.