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Firefighters were battling a two-alarm fire Monday morning in Pittsburg that was apparently sparked by a big-rig that crashed into a building, a Contra Costa County Fire Protection District spokesman said.
Officials with the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District said the proper placement of a fire engine at the scene of an overturned vehicle crash Sunday morning saved firefighters' lives.
Fire crews responded to two house fires in Oakley and Brentwood on Saturday night that were reported about 10 minutes apart, according to the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District.
Up to seven people were transported to the hospital after a bus carrying children caught on fire Saturday evening on Interstate Highway 680 in Walnut Creek.
A family of five were seriously injured from a two-alarm fire in San Francisco's Mission District Wednesday morning.
A good Samaritan helped rescue at least six people from a yacht that caught on fire in San Francisco Bay Sunday afternoon, a fire official said.
A construction crew using a torch caused a fire at a Santa Cruz hotel on Friday afternoon, a fire official said.
Firefighters extinguished a one-alarm fire in a two-story apartment building in Santa Clara early Sunday morning, fire officials said.
One person was arrested for allegedly starting a house fire that left two people injured in Santa Rosa on Saturday evening, police and fire officials said.
Vallejo fire officials are investigating a two-alarm fire Thursday evening at a former school district building that was also involved in a three-alarm fire just two nights ago.
The Menlo Park Fire Protection District has used money from Facebook to order thermal cameras used for finding people trapped inside of burning buildings.
There had been concern a man may have been trapped inside the building, but all 15 displaced by the fire have been accounted for.
San Jose fire crews are on the scene of a three-alarm structure fire on the 200 block of North 9th Street near San Jose State University.
Transients may have started a one-alarm fire that spread to about 100 porta-potties at a storage facility in Hayward early Saturday morning.
Firefighters were able to quickly control a warehouse fire that required three alarm calls to bring in reinforcements.
A three-alarm fire in San Francisco's Castro District that burned two buildings on Saturday displaced a dozen people and resulted in an estimated combined total of $1.4 million in damage.
Mercedes-Benz is recalling more than 147,000 sedans and station wagons to fix a problem with an engine compartment seal that could spark a fire.
Firefighters contained a two-alarm structure fire Friday morning at an auto body shop in Oakland.
There have been multiple explosions in a rural neighborhood just west of Santa Rosa in Sonoma County.
Torrance Fire Department crews Wednesday were responding to a report of an explosion at the ExxonMobil Refinery in Torrance.
Five dogs died in a residential structure fire on Monday evening in North Richmond, an unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, according to firefighters.
While the calendar says February, Cal Fire is getting an early start on making sure it has enough staff to battle this year's wildfires.
A train carrying crude oil derailed in southern West Virginia on Monday, sending at least one tanker into the Kanawha River and sparking a house fire, officials said.
Oakland fire crews said a two-alarm fire aboard a ship berthed at the Port of Oakland is under control Sunday evening, according to the department's official Twitter account.
Firefighters battled the fire from outside of the structure that houses an auto shop and an auto upholstery business.
