At 4:20 am Thursday, East Contra Costa Fire Protection District firefighters battled a residential structure fire that destroyed two homes on Almond St.
Engine 94 (Knightsen) was dispatched to a report of a mattress fire on the side of a home at 2 Almond St off Brentwood Blvd when Brentwood Police arrived and said it was an actual structure fire. The call was then upgraded to a full structure response.
With wind, the fire caught debris between two homes and eventually caught a second home on fire because firefighters were limited on access due to down power lines and were forced into defensive fire attack.
Crews on scene include E93 (Oakley), E94 (Knightsen) E52 (Brentwood) E59 (Discovery Bay) and CALFIRE along with Brentwood Police, AMR and PG&E.
According to Chief Henderson on scene, no one was injured and all firefighters were accountable. The cause of the fire was still under investigation.
This incident is still active and firefighters are still on scene as of 7:00 am.
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