Forest Service: Fire at Truckee Marsh contained

A two-acre fire that is burning in the Truckee Marsh in South Lake Tahoe has been contained, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

Firefighting personnel who responded to the stage staging area are being released, said Cheva Heck, spokeswoman for the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit.

No structures were damaged. Multiple engines were deployed and a helicopter dropped water on the flames, Heck said.

The call came in around 3:20 this afternoon. It originally was reported that the blaze was in Barton Meadow; it was confirmed later in the evening that it was the Truckee Marsh that burned.

Brad Parker looked on with many neighbors this afternoon to the marsh from their homes, watching firefighters tackle the blaze.

Parker said he's lived in the neighborhood by El Dorado Avenue for 30 years, right by the marsh.

"It gets scary when you see (fires) after what happened with Angora," Parker said. "With this wind, it could just get away."

After he heard sirens and saw fire trucks drive through his neighborhood, he

went out to investigate the blaze.

Parker said since there aren't many road access points to the marsh, the

fire trucks had to go past his neighborhood so they could get to the fire.

South Lake Tahoe fire crews, along with crews from the Forest Service and CalFire responded.