A 2-alarm brush fire broke out near Estecadea on Tuesday afternoon, burning 8 acres before firefighters got the blaze under control.

The fire started around 3:30 p.m. near Oregon 224 and Fall Creek Road, the Estacada Fire District said in a statement.

When firefighters arrived, the fire had grown to more than an acre and was rapidly spreading through grass and brush in the area, prompting officials to sound a second alarm, fire officials said.

The Clackamas and Colton fire districts, as well as the Oregon Department of Forestry and the U.S. Forest Service, responded to help — a total of 50 firefighters on 14 engines and 11 water tenders showed up to fight the brush fire.

Fire officials didn’t say when they put out the fire, but said that it had grown to 8 acres by the time it was decla

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