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Firefighters are fighting a brush fire west of Redding off Benson Drive, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The fire is about 20 to 30 acres and moving northeast, according to Shasta County Fire Chief Bret Gouvea.

VIDEO: DRONEVIEW7 over neighborhood devastated by Carr Fire DRONEVIEW7 flew over the River Ridge neighborhood in Redding, where home after home was burned to the ground after the Carr Fire ripped through Shasta County. As the camera pulls out, it can be seen that the other homes weren't so lucky.

The Mountain Fire in Shasta County destroyed three homes, even as firefighters managed to hold the blaze to 600 acres and increase containment to 50 percent, authorities said Friday. It also consumed four outbuildings and one unspecified structure in rural Jones Valley, about 12 miles northeast of Redding, Cal Fire officials said.

While Cal Fire has not indicated what might have caused the blaze, a Pacific Gas and Electric Company camera captured an image shortly after 4 p.m. that shows numerous vehicles and pieces of equipment in the area shortly after the fire started and it was still less than 5 acres.