Central California wildfire burns 4,000 acres, slows overnight

SOLEDAD - Officials say a wildfire burning in a rural and largely agricultural section of California's Central Coast did not spread overnight but it remains only 20 percent contained.

There are no reports of any injuries or any homes or other structures being threatened.

The fire has charred more than six square miles.

State fire spokesman Daniel Berlant says Monday that the growth slowed after sundown.

It broke out at about 3:30 p.m. Sunday and had burned just 800 acres in its first two hours but then surged to nearly 4,000 acres amid strong winds.

The fire is burning near Soledad in Monterey County between the Salinas River and Pinnacles National Park.

Six air tankers and two helicopters were helping 135 firefighters take on the blaze.