On July 4, during a 4-hour period, firefighters in East Contra Costa County ran more than two-dozen fire related calls between Bay Point to Discovery Bay.
Firefighters from Contra Costa County Fire Protection District and the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District were hopping from call-to-call for reported outside fires, vegetation fires, to residential fires.
On DiMaggio Way in Antioch where an outside fire turned into a tree on fire which caught a car on fire followed by a house at roughly 9:13 pm. They were able to get the fire under control with three engines.
By 11:30, a two-alarm fire in Brentwood at a Senior Living Community on Sycamore Ave which required nearly 30 firefighters on the call. Ultimately, they limited damage to the entire facility, however, seven people were displaced.
Here is an overview of calls from Bay Point to Discovery Bay:
Contra Costa County Fire Protection District
- 9:02 pm – Outside Fire, El Dorado Dr. Pittsburg
- 9:03 pm – Outside Fire, Fawn Hill Way, Antioch
- 9:13 pm – Outside Fire, DiMaggio Way, Antioch
- 9:13 pm – Residential Fire, DiMaggio Way, Antioch
- 9:17 pm – Outside Fire, James Donlon, Antioch
- 9:17 pm – Vegetation Fire, Willow Pass Rd, Bay Point
- 9:28 pm – Outside Fire, Santa Lucia Dr, Pittsburg
- 9:32 pm – Vegetation Fire, Rodeo Ct., Antioch
- 9:57 pm – Residential Fire, W. 18th St, Antioch
- 10:08 pm – Outside Fire, Glen Canyon Cir, Pittsburg
- 10:10 pm – Outside Fire, Kingsberry Pl, Pittsburg
- 10:11 pm – Outside Fire, Mira Loma Dr., Pittsburg
- 10:58 pm – Outside Fire, Piedmont Ln, Pittsburg
- 11:28 pm – Outside Fire, Peppertree, Antioch
- 11:38 pm – Vegetation Fire, Buchanan, Antioch
- 12:15 am – Outside Fire, Buchanan, Antioch
- 12:23 am – Vegetation Fire, N. Parkside Dr, Pittsburg
East Contra Costa Fire Protection District
- 9:15 pm – Outside Fire, Hill Ave, Oakley
- 9:19 pm – Vegetation Fire, Linda St, Brentwood
- 9:22 pm – Vegetation Fire, jersey Island Rd, Unincorporated CoCo County
- 9: 23 pm – Outside Fire, Jersey Island Rd, Bethel Island
- 10:00 pm – Vegetation Fire, O’Hara Ave, Oakley
- 10:15 pm – Outside Fire, Willow Rd, Bethel Island
- 11:30 pm – Residential Fire, Sycamore, Brentwood
Note: This list does not take into account the multiple fires in Concord and the rest of Contra Costa County. It also does not highlight the multiple traffic accidents and medical calls that were also responded to.
