East Contra Costa Fire Protection District

Contra Costa fire districts ‘giant step closer’ to consolidation

The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, known as Con Fire, will annex the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District,…

3 years ago

Responding firefighter suffers injuries in vehicle rollover

A firefighter with the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District received minor injuries Tuesday in a rollover crash that happened…

3 years ago

Helicopter transfers one of five injured in Byron collision, four children among them

Five people, including four children, were hospitalized Thursday following a collision in Byron in Contra Costa County. Emergency crews responded…

3 years ago

Police investigate Oakley collision where vehicle injures two young girls

Oakley police are investigating after two children were struck by a vehicle Friday afternoon, requiring one to be flown to…

3 years ago

Investigators determine space heater caused deadly boat fire

A fire that killed a man and caused his boat to sink at the Bethel Island Marina earlier this month…

3 years ago

Man missing after boat catches fire, sinks at Bethel Island Marina

A man is unaccounted for after a boat caught fire and sank at the Bethel Island Marina overnight, an East…

3 years ago

Two people suffer injuries in fiery crash near Brentwood

Two people were injured Saturday night in a two-vehicle collision in a rural area near Brentwood, the East Contra Costa…

3 years ago

Evacuations remain in effect for 1,661-acre Contra Costa County fires

The Deer Zone Fire complex as of Monday morning had burned 1,161 acres of vegetation on the northeast side of…

4 years ago

Evacuation zone expands for residents near 400-acre Deer Complex fire

A mandatory evacuation after a "change in fire behavior" near a 400-plus-acre wildfire on the east side of Mount Diablo…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

Officials say wood in road likely caused cement truck overturn crash

Wood debris in the road is being cited as the possible cause of an overturned cement truck that trapped the…

4 years ago

Fast moving Oakley fire prompts immediate evacuation orders

Residents in Oakley's Summerlake neighborhood and those along Sandmound Boulevard have been ordered to immediately evacuate due to a fast…

4 years ago

Cash-strapped fire district changes policies, reduces service

The East Contra Costa Fire Protection District announced Wednesday night that a lack of funding is prompting several policy changes,…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

Girl flown to UC Davis with injuries after bicycle accident

A 9-year-old girl was taken by helicopter to a trauma center Saturday evening after being injured in a bicycle accident…

4 years ago

Fire crews call in medical helicopter to transport victims injured in Byron Highway crash

A crash on Byron Highway in eastern Contra Costa County on Sunday evening required the use of a medical helicopter…

4 years ago

Crews knock out 146-acre Byron grass fire

East Contra Costa Fire Protection District crews extinguished a 146-acre grass fire in the far eastern part of the county…

4 years ago

Helicopter airlifts 1-year-old with severe burns to UC Davis

A 1-year-old child in Oakley was airlifted to the hospital Friday with severe burns, according to the East Contra Costa…

4 years ago

Woman airlifted to John Muir with gunshot wound to leg

A woman was airlifted to a trauma center after suffering a gunshot wound to a leg in an unincorporated part…

4 years ago

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