Crime & Safety
Marin Blaze Triggers Partial Freeway Closure
The three right lanes of Highway 101 were still blocked as of 10 a.m. according to the CHP.
MARIN COUNTY, CA – Firefighters stopped the forward progress of a vegetation fire Wednesday morning that closed lanes of northbound U.S. Highway 101 in Marin County, sheriff's officials said.
The fire was reported around 8:45 a.m. on the hillside on the right side of the highway just north of state Highway 131/Tiburon Boulevard.
The three right lanes of Highway 101 were still blocked as of 10 a.m. due to the response to the fire, according to the California Highway Patrol.
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No one was evacuated and no one had to shelter in place, county sheriff's officials said.
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