The Forest Service says crews stopped forward progress of a fire near Chimney Beach at Lake Tahoe on Friday.
Officials said the Thunder Fire is about half an acre large.
North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District and CAL FIRE are also on scene.
Officials say there were no injuries and crews have a fire hose around the entire perimeter.
They said it was across the highway from Chimney Beach on SR-28.
NDOT says SR-28 is closed in both directions from Sand Harbor to US-50 due to the fire.
