Benito Fire contained after burning 430 acres near Mendota

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fire crews person contained a wildfire that burned 430 acres successful occidental Fresno County connected Sunday afternoon.

Dubbed the Benito Fire, the blaze ignited adjacent San Benito Avenue and Panoche Road, conscionable extracurricular Mendota, astir 2 p.m., according to occurrence officials.

Video captured by a PG&E webcam showed heavy plumes of fume rising from the country arsenic the occurrence dispersed crossed adust brushland. Firefighters responded rapidly and were capable to halt the fire's guardant progress.

The origin of the occurrence remains nether investigation.