BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A wildfire broke out Friday north of Skyliners Road, about four miles west of Bend, putting up smoke that was visible over a wide area as crews quickly stopped its spread.

The fire, Incident 185, was reported around 2:45 p.m. and had burned about two acres within about an hour, but officials said its forward progress was stopped. Crews were building a hand line around the fire, which burned in grass, brush, logs and duff on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest.

No structures were threatened, they said, and the fire's cause was under investigation. Three engines and a hand crew were working to finish containment.

Shortly after she left the fire scene, Bend Deputy Fire Marshal Cindy Kettering told KTVZ News, "A number of Forest Service a

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