Fire Continues to Burn west of Red Bluff…Blaze 80% Contained

Fire officials have a new estimate of how many acres have been burned by the Colyear Fire near Red Bluff.  As of Thursday night, the blaze had scorched just over 13 hundred acres and was 80 percent contained. Full containment is expected around 6 PM tonight. Fire officials say the blaze began Tuesday, when a control burn escaped from a landowner trying to clear brush.