A fire that broke out Thursday afternoon off of highway-9 in boulder creek was extinguished, before spreading to surrounding forest land. the flames erupted at 1:15p.m., in the yard of a house on the 12-thousand block of central avenue. the fire then spread to the porch and house. The house sustained major smoke and water damage, and 7-residents were displaced. Traffic on highway-9 was diverted onto Irwin way for about 2-hours. The fire contained in about an hour; no injuries were reported.
