Residents evacuated after lawn maintenance in north Fresno

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A community in northern Fresno was evacuated Thursday morning after a lawnmower ignited dry grass.

Just after 11:30 a.m., Fresno Firefighters responded to multiple reports of a fire burning in the San Joaquin Riverbottom near Woodward Park.

On scene, crews found a large fire burning toward homes along the bluff. As a precaution, a portion of the neighborhood was temporarily evacuated…

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