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Contra Costa firefighters respond to more than a dozen fires since Friday
At least three of the fires were structure fires, two were vehicle fires, and there were several vegetation fires reported.Read More
Crews control Oakland brushfire near site another 2.5-acre blaze last weekend
Multiple units contained a brushfire Friday afternoon at Mountain Boulevard and Fontaine Court next to Interstate Highway 580, the Oakland Fire Department said. The cause of the fire, reported...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 rescue man uninjured from Cupertino house fire
A fire in an attached garage was quickly controlled late Saturday night before it could spread to a two-story home in Cupertino, the Santa Clara County Fire Department said....Read More
Crews make quick work of Treasure Island brush fire
Fire crews on Saturday afternoon responded to a two-alarm brush fire on Treasure Island. Officials said the 2-acre blaze was contained by 3:40 p.m. The California Highway Patrol closed...Read More
One person suffers critical injuries in Sunset structure fire
One person is in critical condition due to a fire early Thursday evening in San Francisco’s Sunset neighborhood, fire officials said. An advisory was issued at 5:37 p.m. by...Read More
Vacant Bethel Island restaurant goes up in flames
A vacant restaurant building was destroyed in a fire Saturday evening in the unincorporated community of Bethel Island, the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District said. The fire was...Read More
City revises evacuation order, crews contain Potrero Hill grass fire
San Francisco officials issued an immediate evacuation order at 1:25 p.m. due to a grass fire in Potrero Hill. The initial order only listed Dakota Street blocks, but a...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
Several Suisun City homes engulfed, birds killed in 300-acre fire near wildlife center
Firefighters were dispatched at 3:26 p.m. to a fire near the Suisun City Wildlife Center at 1171 Kellogg St., Fire Chief Justin Vincent said. In 100-degree heat and windy...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
Vallejo City Hall closes for repairs after fire set inside office
Vallejo City Hall will be closed until Thursday after a fire was set in a first-floor office there overnight amid widespread looting and vandalism that followed demonstrations over a...Read More
Saturday brushfire burns 60 acres at Round Valley Regional Preserve
The cause of an afternoon brushfire that burned about 60 acres Saturday at Round Valley Regional Preserve, 19450 Marsh Creek Road in Brentwood, is under investigation by Cal Fire....Read More
Memorial volunteers ask for public donations to replace items lost in Pier 45 fire
Volunteers with the SS Jeremiah O’Brien National Liberty Ship Memorial say that while the historic World War II cargo ship “escaped mostly unscathed” from the four-alarm fire on Saturday...Read More
Crews near containment on three-alarm abandoned strip mall fire
Firefighters with the San Jose Fire Department have nearly extinguished a three-alarm fire in an abandoned strip mall along South Bascom Avenue on Wednesday afternoon, a department spokesperson said....Read More
Twenty tons of paper goes up in smoke before crews contain recycling center fire
Fire burned about 20 tons of paper product Monday afternoon in San Jose, fire officials said. Firefighters responded at 1:56 p.m. to Greif, a commercial recycling company, at 388...Read More
Fire crew keeps wildland fire from spreading to elementary school
A two-alarm wildland fire in the vicinity of Knowland Park Open Space in East Oakland has been extinguished, according to a fire spokesman. Oakland Fire Department spokesman Michael Hunt...Read More
Firefighters believe discarded drug paraphernalia caused blaze behind liquor store
Discarded drug paraphernalia is suspected of causing a fire behind a liquor store in west Santa Rosa early Wednesday morning, the ciity’s Fire Department said. The fire was reported...Read More
Oakland firefighters battle three-story house blaze
Oakland firefighters as of 5:45 p.m. Sunday are battling a house fire in the 1400 block of Mountain Boulevard, between the Montclair and Glen Highlands neighborhoods just east of...Read More