A VACANT field at Bishop Place at Brookhurst Street in Westminster (OCFA photo).

A drone was used in fighting a fire in a vacant field in Westminster Friday afternoon.

According to the Orange County Fire Authority, the blaze was reported after 3 p.m. in a field near Bishop Place and Brookhurst Street.

OCFA Engine 66 was the first unit to arrive and reported a half-acre fire and an additional engine was requested.

Firefighters were able to surround the fire and stop it from spreading to a nearby apartment building. The apartment building was checked to make certain no embers had landed on the structure and a drone was used to check for hot spots in and around the fire area.

Westminster police assisted and the cause of the fire is under investigation.