(FOX40.COM) — The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District is responding to a growing fire that broke out in Rancho Cordova Tuesday afternoon. • Video Above: The most destructive fires in California history
Around 2:20 p.m. several firefighters responded to grass fire near Douglas Road and Sunrise Boulevard. The flames are nearby Sunrise Elementary School.
Officials said that the students and school are safe, however, the children are being held in the office. Nearby roadways are closed to traffic while firefighters put out the flames.
Additional information will be provided as it becomes available. …