Vegetation fire forces evacuations of five homes

Fresno County fire crews were battling a 5-acre vegetation fire east of Sanger on Friday afternoon.

Five homes in the area of Fantz and Newmark avenues had been evacuated, said Matt Dunham, battalion chief with Cal Fire-Fresno County Fire Protection District. No structures had burned.

The fire, which was reported at 1:16 p.m., was burning in a wooded area near a tributary of the Kings River, Dunham said.

Fourteen engines, one bulldozer and three divisions were fighting the fire.

This story will be updated.

This story was originally published September 23, 2016 at 2:35 PM with the headline "Vegetation fire forces evacuations of five homes."