Blaze at Jackson's Neverland ranch
Flanked by water-dropping helicopters, about 100 firefighters contained a 40-acre blaze on Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch.
The blaze came within a quarter of a mile of the main residence on Friday, but there were no injuries and Jackson's menagerie of animals were also unhurt, said Santa Barbara County Fire spokesman Keith Cullom
"It's pretty much been knocked down," said Cullom. "It's not really moving much at this point."
Jackson, 47, was not at the house. He has been living in the Middle Eastern kingdom of Bahrain since being acquitted of child molestation charges in California in June 2005.
The ranch's amusement park rides were within the burned area, Cullom said, but no structures caught fire. The cause of the blaze was under investigation.
The 2,500-acre site is tucked into the California countryside amid wineries about 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
In March Jackson closed the main house at Neverland, laying off most of the staff after agreeing to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in back wages to avoid a lawsuit by state labour officials.
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