Winds fuel 75-acre Knightsen fire

Evacuations are underway all along Holland Tract Road because of a vegetation fire Monday evening in unincorporated Contra Costa County south of Bethel Island, a fire spokesman said.

The fire was reported at 2:14 p.m. off Tranquility Bay Road east of Oakley, Steve Aubert, spokesman for the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District, said.

As of 7:11 p.m., the blaze had scorched 75 acres and was 65 percent contained. Structures were threatened, Aubert said.

No injuries have been reported. The fire was burning in open vegetation, he said.

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