KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – A fire burning on Mt. Konocti since Tuesday morning has been contained, fire officials said Wednesday morning.

Cal Fire reported that the Becks fire had been contained at 296 acres as of 10:15 a.m. Wednesday.

The fire had first been reported at around 11 a.m. Tuesday in the 7900 block of Highway 29, east of Kelseyville.

It had started as a control burn at a vineyard, but escaped and headed up through steep terrain on the mountainside, according to the state and county firefighters that worked on.

Cal Fire patroled the fire through the night following a large early Tuesday evening flare up.

The fire had made it onto county park land, with county officials reporting some damage of a bathroom facility at Mt. Konocti County Park.

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