Fireworks Spark At Least 5 Of 37 Fires Reported In Contra Costa County On Fourth Of July
Fire crews in Contra Costa County responded to dozens of fires, at least some sparked by Fourth of July fireworks through the night and into Friday.
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Fire crews in Contra Costa County responded to dozens of fires, at least some sparked by Fourth of July fireworks through the night and into Friday.
Firefighters battled multiple brush and structure fires burning close to each other in San Jose Thursday afternoon.
Fire crews from Cal Fire and the San Jose Fire Department are at the scene of a brush fire near northbound Highway 101 at Coyote Creek Drive that has grown to 30 acres, according to authorities.
A two-alarm fire displaced a man and his dog at a residence in Vallejo late Monday morning, a fire department spokesman said.
A smoky, one-alarm fire burning close to the freeway was slowing traffic in both directions along Highway 101, in San Jose.
Two people were hospitalized in a fire Friday evening in Antioch, officials with the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District said.
A major fire at a condominium construction site in Santa Clara was extinguished as of late Friday afternoon, Santa Clara fire officials announced.
A two-alarm fire erupted in an Emeryville neighborhood Wednesday morning, damaging three homes and injuring six residents, sending two women and a child to the hospital.
A fast-moving wildfire that burned 15 acres in Walnut Creek Tuesday afternoon has been knocked down without any damage to nearby structures, according to the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District.
A 40-foot travel trailer that caught fire and closed the westbound lanes of state Highway 37 on Tuesday morning is unsafe to tow, and Caltrans crews will cut it in pieces and haul them away in dump trucks, the California Highway Patrol said.
Firefighters in San Jose have brought a vegetation fire near Kelley Park under control Monday afternoon.
Firefighters in San Francisco have knocked down a fire at a food truck complex in the Mission Bay neighborhood Tuesday afternoon.
The increasing fire danger prompted Cal Fire to suspend burn permits in Sonoma, Lake, Napa, Solano, Yolo, and Colusa Counties. The ban does not apply to campfires within campgrounds and on private property.
A fire that burned three recreational vehicles and grass near Buchanan Field Airport in Concord on Thursday afternoon has been knocked down, a Contra Costa County Fire Protection District spokesman said.
A 3-alarm fire in the East San Jose foothills was brought under control Tuesday afternoon by the San Jose Fire Department, but not until after two homes were destroyed.
Alameda County Fire Department crews have knocked down a fire at a known homeless encampment late Monday night, according to fire officials.
The Malech Fire, burning in unincorporated Santa Clara County between San Jose and Morgan Hill, has not grown in size overnight and is 85 percent contained as of Monday morning, according to Cal Fire officials.
A vegetation fire just east near U.S. Highway 101 between South San Jose and Morgan Hill in Santa Clara County has consumed approximately 75 acres and is zero percent contained, Cal Fire is reporting.
Firefighters extinguished a fire that displaced six residents and three pets at a home in Daly City on Tuesday morning, according to the North County Fire Authority.
A fire caused heavy damage to two homes in Oakley on Monday afternoon, according to the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District.
An out-of-service wooden railroad trestle just south of the Dumbarton Bridge was burning Sunday night and it appears related to a vegetation fire reported in the area at about the same time.
Police are investigating the discovery of human remains found Wednesday inside a burned Vallejo home.
Anyone who lives under the Contra Costa Fire Protection District should start taking a good look at the grasses and trees around their home. Fire inspections are coming soon.
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