The 27-acre Barrett Fire was extinguished within a few hours, thanks to quick work by firefighters, Cal Fire officials said Monday.

The fire was sparked by a motorcycle that had been driven off the paved road along Highway 94 in the hills between Dulzura and Barrett Junction, Capt. Kendall Bortisser said.

No structures were damaged or threatened by the fire, which burned east of the historic Clark Ranch, about 45 miles east of San Diego. There were no injuries.

The fire was first reported at three acres, then grew to six acres within about a half hour. An earlier estimate of the fire’s size was too big, due to faulty equipment on one of the aircraft tasked with mapping the fire’s size and location, Bortisser said.

Dispatchers sent 15 engines, a bulldozer, three hand crews, two water tenders, two air tankers, two helicopters and one fixed-wing observation plane when the fire was first reported.

Two fire engines and one hand crew were assigned to stay on scene Monday to make sure there were no flare-ups as a result of any hot spots that may have been left behind Sunday, Bortisser said.

—City News Service