Arcata Fire, Samoa Peninsula Fire District and Cal Fire responded to a blaze in the Samoa dune area this afternoon. [Photo provided by Arcata Fire Protection District.]

A wildfire burned approximately one quarter acre of heavy brush on the Samoa sand dunes this afternoon. According to Cal Fire Captain Tran Beyea, around 1:30 p.m. the small blaze broke out northwest of the New Navy Base/Highway 255 intersection.

Beyea wrote that “the fire was contained and extinguished by crews from the Samoa Peninsula Fire District, Arcata Fire Protection District and CAL FIRE.”