Multiple wildfires ignited Tuesday morning in eastern Sacramento County, likely sparked by lightning, according to authorities.
The largest, known as the Brown Fire, was reported around 7:30 a.m. near the 8900 block of Ione Road, about a mile west of Eagle’s Nest Airport and close to the Amador County line. Incident commanders described the fire as spreading west at a critical rate. Flames were active along Ione Road, where fire crews established structure protection.
By 9:45 a.m., the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District reported that forward progress had been stopped after the blaze burned through 60 acres of dry brush…