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Firefighters Battle Vegetation Fire on Vasco Road

by ECT

At 10:19 pm Wednesday, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District responded to a report of a vegetation fire in the area of Camino Diablo and Vasco Road in unincorporated Brentwood.

Upon arrival, Engine 93 reporting at least 3-acres of fire line. All units were requested to continue which included CALFIRE.

At 10:35 pm, law enforcement was requested to shut down traffic in both directions as of 10:35 pm.

As of 10:40 pm, Battalion 9 reported 25-acres on fire.

This is the second fire today in the area. On Wednesday morning, crews battled a 1/2 acre fire at Marsh Creek Road near Camino Diablo at approximently 6:20 am.

As of 11:05 pm, forward progress was stopped at approximently 25 acres.

UPDATE
Fire crews have cleared the scene after 4 hours and 40 minutes. Roadway is also open in both directions.

CHP Log

Detail Information
11:03 PM 15 [47] C/O PLS INQ W/ ALA CORDS FOR CLOSURE — NB VASCO AT OLD VASCO [Shared]
11:01 PM 14 [46] 118-S5 FIRE REQ’ING CHP FOR 1184 INDEFINITELY // NOT ABLE TO ACCOMODATE THIS ON DUB SIDE / SHORT UNITS // 118-S5 INQ W/ CORDS IF THEY CAN RESPOND [Shared]
10:55 PM 13 [45] C19-404C 1097 [Shared]
10:52 PM 12 [43] [CHP] has closed their incident [220803GG01845]
10:50 PM 11 [42] 19-404C CPYS ALL WILL BE 1097 IN APPROX 5 MINS [Shared]
10:49 PM 10 [39] 25 ACRES BURNING PER CON FIRE VASCO 2 MILES JSO CAMINO DIABLO NEAR FLAG BARN , CPYS REPORTS ON BYRON BUT NO FIRES WORKING THERE [Shared]
10:44 PM 9 [38] Secondary Location for C118-051: N Vasco Rd / Los Vaqueros Rd, N Vasco Rd / Los Vaqueros Rd,Unincorporated, CA 94551. [Shared]
10:36 PM 8 [27] 1039 COCO FIRE , FIRE 1097 VASCO NEAR THE FLAG BARN [Shared]
10:34 PM 7 [24] XFER FIRE [Shared]
10:33 PM 6 [22] C19-404C FIRE NEAR FLAG BARN ON COCO SIDE WILL DOUBLE CHK [Shared]
10:33 PM 5 [21] XFER FIRE [Shared]
10:30 PM 4 [17] XFER FIRE [Shared]
10:23 PM 3 [4] FIRE NRBY THE OLD BARN SAG / XFR COCO FIRE
10:21 PM 2 [2] XFR FIRE
10:21 PM 1 [1] BRUSH FIRE NEXT TO THE BARN

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2 comments

Christine Hance Aug 4, 2022 - 1:27 am

I hope the American Flag Barn survived!

ECT Aug 5, 2022 - 6:19 am

Fire was on the other side of the road. Barn still good.

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