Walnut Creek Crews Contain 2 Separate Fires That Threatened Homes
Some homeowners had a close call Thursday morning after a fire burned dangerously close to a Walnut Creek neighborhood before firefighters knocked out the flames.
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Some homeowners had a close call Thursday morning after a fire burned dangerously close to a Walnut Creek neighborhood before firefighters knocked out the flames.
A two-alarm grass fire that triggered explosions, burned a home and about a half dozen vehicles in Martinez Wednesday afternoon was triggered by juveniles playing with fire, according to authorities.
Fire crews in Contra Costa County have controlled a vegetation fire in Pittsburg Wednesday that shut down Bailey Road in both directions.
Firefighters in Walnut Creek have knocked down a two-alarm fire at a senior facility in the Castle Hill neighborhood Thursday afternoon, according to authorities.
A driver apparently distracted by a pet dog slammed into a pump at a Concord gas station Tuesday, igniting a fireball that consumed the vehicle.
Westbound lanes of I-80 have reopened Tuesday evening after a vegetation fire sparked by a burning vehicle spread to vegetation at the American Canyon Road off-ramp in Vallejo, according to authorities.
An early Tuesday morning fire in Crockett destroyed an abandoned motor home and spread to nearby vegetation before firefighters were able to contain the blaze, authorities said.
Crews in Redwood City on Sunday night were battling a fire burning at a self-storage facility, according to authorities.
San Francisco Fire Department crews extinguished a fire Tuesday evening in a residential high-rise building on Beale Street.
A motor home was destroyed and a house damaged when a fire that broke out at a home in San Jose on Monday afternoon.
A family was forced to flee to safety Wednesday night after their Los Gatos home in a heavily wooded area near Lexington Reservoir became engulfed in flames, authorities said.
East Contra Costa fire crews were at the scene of a fire at a home in rural Brentwood Tuesday afternoon, according to authorities.
A body was found at the site of a fire burning at a Vietnamese restaurant in San Jose Wednesday morning, fire officials said.
A dog died in a mobile home fire that two people narrowly escaped from in Rohnert Park on Monday morning, according to the city's Department of Public Safety.
A groundbreaking was held Friday by the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District to mark the start of construction of a replacement fire station to serve the unincorporated community of Bay Point and the neighboring city of Pittsburg.
Two people were rescued from a fire early Saturday morning at the historic San Benito House in Half Moon Bay, Cal Fire officials said.
Firefighters in the East Bay were able to knock down a fire inside a commercial building Friday morning, according to authorities.
A fire that started Wednesday afternoon at a single-story house in the 1000 block of 69th Avenue in Oakland has been extinguished, officials said.
An early Tuesday morning fire erupted in the second story of a San Jose Wienerschnitzel fast food restaurant, heavily damaging the historic A-frame before was brought under control.
A two-alarm fire roared through a San Jose home late Saturday night, downing a power line and causing minor damage to neighboring structures.
Firefighters on Friday morning quickly extinguished an electrical fire at a three-story apartment complex near downtown San Rafael.
Firefighters rescued two people from a fire that swept through an apartment in Antioch Tuesday morning, authorities said.
Authorities have released a surveillance photo of a man suspected of setting a vehicle on fire in Redwood City over the weekend.
Crews have gained the upper hand on a 2-alarm fire at a flooring store at the West Gate San Leandro shopping mall.
Fire officials in the East Bay on Thursday are trying to figure out what caused a fire to erupt at the Tesla factory in Fremont.
