June 16, 2023 4:10 a.m.

Firefighters knocked down a natural cover fire near Jack Creek Road in the Drain area Thursday night.

Information from the Douglas Forest Protective Association said crews from DFPA and North Douglas County Fire & EMS responded to an estimated one-tenth of an acre fire about two and a half miles north of Highway 38 at about 5:30 p.m.

By 8:00 p.m. the forward spread of the fire had been stopped and crews had it seventy five percent plumbed and seventy fire percent trailed. The fire is estimated to be between three-quarters of an acre and one acre. No homes or structures were threatened by the fire. The cause is under investigation.