A QUARTER-ACRE BRUSH FIRE BROKE OUT NEAR LADD LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN HOLLISTER YESTERDAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE, AND THE BLAZE BURNED FOR LESS THAN TEN MINUTES. PIPE WELDERS WORKING FOR THE SUNNYSLOPE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT FACILITY CAUSED THE SPARKS WHICH IGNITED NEARBY VEGETATION. CALFIRE WARNED THAT THIS MAY BE A SIGN OF THE COMING FIRE SEASON, AND THAT EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE TAKEN THIS SPRING AND SUMMER.
