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Fires rage through drought-ridden Bay Area as residents brace for more lightning, extreme heat
Severe drought conditions, an extreme heat wave and lightning strikes don’t bode well for fire prevention. Storms that traveled north through the night and into Sunday morning brought roarous...Read More
Multiple agencies show to up to fight several fires in unincorporated Contra Costa
Multiple agencies are responding Sunday morning to several fires in the area of Morgan Territory and Marsh Creek roads near Mt. Diablo State Park in unincorporated Contra Costa County....Read More
Crews reach 75 percent containment on 253-acre Hollow Fire near Livermore
The Hollow Fire burning southeast of Livermore has scorched 253 acres and was 75 percent contained on Friday morning, according to Cal Fire. The brush fire started about 5:15...Read More
Covid-19 update: Two more Bay Area counties make watchlist, school district announces online start, Fairfield cases spike
After landing spots on the County Monitoring List, the state could soon impose restrictions on Sonoma and Alameda counties. Contra Costa County’s tightened health order takes effect at 11:59...Read More
After five days, 5,513 acres burned, Crews Fire reaches 90 percent containment
The Crews Fire burning since Sunday afternoon in hills east of Gilroy is 90 percent contained as of Friday morning, according to Cal Fire. The wildfire has scorched 5,513...Read More
Crews Fire holds at 5,400 acres, firefighters reach 60 percent containment
The Crews Fire burning since Sunday in the hills east of Gilroy in rural Santa Clara County is at 60 percent containment and 5,400 acres burned as of Wednesday...Read More
Gusty afternoon winds threaten to intensify 5,400-acre Crews Fire
The Crews Fire that started Sunday in the hills east of Gilroy in rural Santa Clara County has burned an estimated 5,400 acres and is 20 percent contained as...Read More
Strike team joins effort to battle 2,000-acre Crews Fire
The Crews Fire burning east of Gilroy in rural Santa Clara County has burned an estimated 2,000 acres and is 20 percent controlled as of Monday morning, according to...Read More
Fire near Gilroy scorches 1,000 acres
The Crews Fire east of Gilroy in rural Santa Clara County has consumed about 1,000 acres as of 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Cal Fire said. The fire was first reported...Read More
Crews Fire near Gilroy jumps from 150 to 600 acres in less than two hours
The public is being asked to avoid the area of the Crews Fire near Crews Road east of Gilroy, which has grown to more 600 acres and prompted additional...Read More
Cal Fire aircraft battles 200-acre Park Fire from above
The Park Fire on a wooded ridgeline outside Morgan Hill has grown to 200 acres and is 20 percent contained, Cal Fire said Sunday morning. Crews responded just after...Read More
Drone forces fire aircraft to ground during Parish Fire control effort
Crews are at the scene of a brush fire Saturday afternoon near Interstate Highway 680 near Cordelia in Solano County, Cal Fire said. No evacuations have been ordered as...Read More
Crews battle 6-acre Bailey Fire along Hwy 101
Firefighters are battling a 6-acre fire in the area of southbound U.S. Highway 101 in South San Jose on Thursday afternoon, according to Cal Fire. Cal Fire officials wrote...Read More
Crews stop forward progress on 2-acre Napa County vegetation fire
Crews from the Sonoma-Lake-Napa unit of Cal Fire were responding Sunday afternoon to a vegetation fire off of Chiles Pope Valley Road in Napa County. The agency said at...Read More
Quail Fire grows to 1,400 acres, damages three buildings as wind stokes blaze
The Quail Fire in rural Solano County between Vacaville and Winters has grown to 1,400 acres and is 10 percent, Cal Fire said Sunday morning, with crews hampered by...Read More
Evacuation center established after Quail Fire torches 1,200 acres in Solano County
The Quail Fire has destroyed two buildings and about 1,200 acres of vegetation in rural Solano County between Vacaville and Winters as of 9:45 p.m. Saturday, Cal Fire said....Read More
Crews reach 80 percent containment on San Jose vegetation fire
A brush fire that may have been intentionally set Thursday evening in South San Jose burned 90 acres and was 80 percent contained as of Friday morning, San Jose...Read More
Firefighters work through night as Colleen Fire burns through 90 acres
Evacuations have been lifted in San Jose Thursday night after a vegetation fire prompted those orders, fire officials said. An advisory was issued by Cal Fire at 6:10 p.m....Read More
Helicopter contracted by PG&E crashes, kills three people on board
PG&E officials said a helicopter that crashed near Fairfield and killed three people on board Tuesday afternoon was flying on behalf of the utility. At about 1 p.m. the...Read More