Contra Costa Fire Protection District officials said just after 2 p.m. that the “stubborn grass, debris and junk fire” along Highway 4 in Pittsburg has been contained at 2 acres.
At 1:26 p.m., Con Fire said via Twitter that they had multiple units at the scene of the highly visible vegetation fire east of Railroad Avenue. The blaze was located in the storm drain system under the highway.
Eastbound lanes of Highway 4 were shut down in the area and remain closed as firefighters work to mop up.
No further information was provided about the cause of the fire.
Forty Santa Rita Jail inmates have tested positive for the Covid-19 coronavirus since Wednesday, sheriff’s officials said Thursday. That...
San Francisco’s Public Health Director Grant Colfax said Wednesday that prior plans to reopen will remain paused due to...
The Hollow Fire burning southeast of Livermore has scorched 253 acres and was 75 percent contained on Friday morning,...
