Firefighters from several local agencies are fighting vegetation fire in the East Bay Hills near Tilden Park off Grizzly Peak and Fish Ranch roads Wednesday afternoon.
Firefighters from Moraga-Orinda, Oakland, Berkeley, and East Bay Regional Parks are currently fighting this fire as the fire has been upgraded to a 2nd alarm response.
Lafayette Police issued a smoke advisory for the area saying smoke was drifting into Contra Costa County.
By 2:20 pm, the fire had spread to 6-acres which was mostly on the Berkeley Lab property with spotting on Grizzly Peak. The update stated they did not have an update on the percentage contained.
No structures appear to be threatened.
Update from Berkeley Police (4:37pm):
Residents in the Berkeley hills should remain prepared should the fire near Grizzly Peak and the Contra Costa County border grow.
As of 4:15 p.m., the 10-acre fire was partially contained, no structures were threatened, no evacuations have been ordered in Berkeley and no injuries reported.
The fire is approximately a mile from the Berkeley border and heading East.
Responding fire departments include Berkeley, Oakland, Alameda County, East Bay Regional Parks, Moraga-Orinda and Cal Fire.
Anyone who lives in the hills and is preparing to go home should expect delays.
We continue to monitor events. Crews are expected to be on scene throughout the night and into Thursday.
News 24-680 contributed to this report
