Fire threatens homes inside Barbara Worth Country Club in Holtville

HOLTVILLE, Calif. (KYMA) - A fire broke out near the Barbara Worth Country Club, destroying a shed.

The Imperial County Fire Department (ICSO) says the fire started burning some palm trees outside the resort Tuesday. The fire traveled to the country club's property.

"The fire eventually spread to an adjacent structure that was used as a warehouse," said Cedric Ceseña with ICSO.

Country club manager Denise Espinoza says employees quickly jumped into action, using water hoses as the fire was moving fast.

"We saw the fire. We have a couple images. Everyone was already calling 911. We were doing our due diligence as much as possible to get as much water along the property edges just so it doesn't move," said Espinoza.

Employees, like Mike Allison, says they are still monitoring the area.

"Since this happened yesterday I've been out here since early in the morning and just keep going back and forth, like every 15 minutes I come to check it out," said Allison.

ICSO says the blaze may have started from a schedule burn that got out of hand. However, Espinoza says the Imperial County Air Pollution is also investigating.

They confirmed today that they were going to conduct their side of the investigation...but they just confirmed that we weren't scheduled on Barbara Worth's side so they are going to be working on their investigation to see if someone had scheduled their own," said Espinoza.

Espinoza also said one home had to be evacuated and power was quickly shut off after the fire damaged several electrical poles.

The exact cause of the fire is still under investigation.