MODESTO — A grass fire is forcing mandatory evacuations in Modesto on Thursday, officials said.
Modesto Fire said it was burning in the area of West Hatch Road and South Carpenter Road along the Tuolumne River on the western side of the city.
Evacuations were ordered for the immediate area around the fire due to nearby structures being threatened.
Flames were first reported around 3:50 p.m. The size and cause of the fire were not yet known.
An unrelated fire at B Street between 7th and 9th streets in Modesto burned 25 acres earlier in the afternoon. The Stanislaus Consolidated Fire Protection District said shortly after 3:30 p.m. that the forward progress of that fire was stopped.
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