Crews stop forward progress of Morgan Fire near Mount Diablo
Firefighters stopped the forward progress of the Morgan Fire on Friday night and have reached 30% containment, Cal Fire SCU said.
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Firefighters stopped the forward progress of the Morgan Fire on Friday night and have reached 30% containment, Cal Fire SCU said.
CAL Fire airplanes were seen flying over Mount Diablo as a 50-acre blaze, which fire officials have named the Morgan Fire, broke out in Contra Costa County Friday afternoon. Two zones stretching south from the point of the fire are under an evacuation warning, meaning people in those areas should be ready to leave immediately if the conditions worsen. Those zones are CCC-249 and CCC-250, and they stretch south along the east side of Mount Diablo State Park to the Morgan Regional Preserve.
CAL Fire airplanes were seen flying over Mount Diablo as a 50-acre blaze, which fire officials have named the Morgan Fire, broke out in Contra Costa County Friday afternoon.
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