Firefighters in Stanislaus County are responding to a vegetation fire that has burned more than 1,200 acres after it broke out near Highway 4 early Tuesday morning.
According to the Cal Fire Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit, the 2-2 Fire was first reported shortly after 6 a.m. near the highway and Dunton Road, west of the town of Copperopolis in Calaveras County. The fire, which was initially reported at 20-30 acres, burned more than 400 acres as of about 8:05 a.m. and more than 1,200 acres as of 9:20 a.m.
Crews are also battling a fire dubbed the 2-3 Fire, which was first reported around 7:20 a.m. near O’Byrnes Ferry Road and Copper Cove Court southeast of Copperopolis. The fire has burned at least 30 acres as of 8:50 a.m…