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Cal Fire's CZU unit posted this photo from PG&E of a brush fire near Interstate 280 and Edgewood Road in San Mateo County to X, formerly know as Twitter, on Aug. 29, 2023.
Cal Fire’s CZU unit posted this photo from PG&E of a brush fire near Interstate 280 and Edgewood Road in San Mateo County to X, formerly know as Twitter, on Aug. 29, 2023.

Roads are closed near Woodside on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 29, after a brush fire broke out along northbound Interstate 280 near Edgewood Road at 2:53 p.m.

Ten fire engines and three fire prevention units were among the firefighting resources on the scene, according to the PulsePoint app.

The right lane of northbound I-280 was blocked, according to 511.org. Jefferson Avenue and Cañada Road also were impacted by road closures. The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office reported that the fire was under control and crews were deciding if they needed to chop down a tree that was involved in the blaze. The firefighting efforts wrapped up after about two hours and the incident was closed at 5:01 p.m.

Cal Fire’s CZU unit posted a photo of the fire provided by PG&E on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

Cameron Rebosio joined The Almanac in 2022 as the Menlo Park reporter. She was previously a staff writer at the Daily Californian and an intern at the Palo Alto Weekly. Cameron graduated from the University...

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