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Martinez: Firefighters Battle 3 Alarm Vegetation Fire near Alhambra Ave

by ECT

At 7:15 pm Friday, Contra Costa County Firefighters responded to a report of a fast moving vegetation fire near Alhambra High School in the City of Martinez

The fire was reported just off Highway 4 near Alhambra Avenue moving up the ridge. The fire was at 30 acres and a 3rd alarm was requested just before 7:30 pm.

A portion of Highway 4 was being shut down while units were also responding to Alhambra High School.

By 7:49 pm, it was reported the fire was 40-acres with a potential of 75 acres.

By 8:30 pm, CONFIRE provided an update saying that forward progress on the fire had stopped and was estimated at about 30 acres.

Detail Information
10:06 PM59[159] 1039 ENTAC OFFICER ROHNER
10:05 PM58[158] 1039 PSDS1 BAKER – WILL HANDLE LINE 157
10:04 PM57[157] S21 LL – PER L1 PLEASE NOTIFY ENTAC ABOUT THIS FIRE AND THE HARD CLOSURE
10:02 PM56[156] 1039 DOTCC
10:01 PM55[154] CALTRANS HAS A HARD CLOSURE HERE – CHP 98
10:00 PM54[152] S21 ONE OF THE RANCHERS WAS 1097 AT THE FIRE AND MENTIONED A FENCE DOWN JWO THIS TC – AND IS RELATED TO THE FIRE AND WAS WORRIED ABOUT POSS LIVESTTOCK WILL GET OUT – REQ CALTRANS HANDLE ASAP – SOME OF THE FENCE BELONGS TO CALTRANS, AND SOME BELONGS TO PROPERTY OWNER – BUT DUE TO FIRE , CHP IS UNABLE TO ACCESS THE ENTIRE SITUATION UNTIL FIRE IS OUT
9:40 PM53[151] ^***UPDATE SIGALERT*** WB 4 AT ALHAMBRA AVE – THE #1 LANE IS OPEN – LANES #2-3 REMAIN CLOSED
9:23 PM52[148] 19-S21 LANE #1 OPEN, LANE 2 CLOSED
9:23 PM51[147] 19-S21 WHEN 19-180 PASSES ALHAMBRA ONR TO WB – THEN HAVE 683 JOIN US / 683B COPIES WILL OPEN WB ONR FRM ALHAMBRA
9:20 PM50[143] [Appended, 21:22:12] [1] RP REQ OFCR TO 1184 – DUE TO TRAFFIC BACKING UP
9:15 PM49[138] [Notification] [CHP]-PER ANOTHER CALLER WB 4 BTWN PINE ST and MORELO VEHS DRIVING ON RHS / ALMOST NEAR TC / [Shared]
9:05 PM48[137] COCO FIRE COPIES LINE 135
9:04 PM47[136] LL COCO FIRE
9:04 PM46[135] 180B ALL LANES STILL BLOCKED – HOPEFULLY 1 OF THE LANES WILL OPEN IN 30 MINS
9:03 PM45[134] 19-683B CALTRANS 1097 , S21 MAKING CONTACT W/ CALTRANS AND THEN WILL ADVISE ON LANES
9:01 PM44[132] NO LLL COCO FIRE REQ CHP WITH LANE STATUS
8:58 PM43[131] [Notification] [CHP]-COCO FIRE LL INQ ON WHICH LANES ARE OPEN [Shared]
8:38 PM42[130] 1039 DOTCC
8:32 PM41[121] 19-S21 WILL BE OPENING LANES ON FWY – REQ ETA W/ CALTRANS W/ CONES AND SIGN BOARDS PLEASE
8:21 PM40[118] 1039 MARTINEZ PD : THEY WILL SEND 1 UNIT TO LINE 116 SO B19-683B CAN GO TO CENTER RD / 683B CPYS VIA LL / NLL
8:21 PM39[116] B19-683B VIA LL / IF MARTINEZ PD WANTS TO COME TO HER 1020 ( ALHAMBRA ONR TO WB 4) THEN SHE CAN GO TO LINE 109
8:16 PM38[114] 1039 COCO SO COPIES LINE 113 – THEY WILL CB IF NEEDED
8:15 PM37[113] S21 UNABLE TO SPARE ANY FURTHER UNITS FOR 1184 *** CHP ONLY HAS 1 UNIT HANDLING ALHAMBRA ONR TO WB , IF SO WANTS TO RELIEVE HER, THEN SHE CAN HANDLE LINE 109
8:13 PM36[110] [Appended, 20:13:58] [1] RP ADVSD THE SAME FIRE AS LOG 2830
8:13 PM35[109] [Notification] [CHP]-VIA LL COCO REQ 1184 AT ONR FRM CENTER TO BE BLKD – VEHS COMING OFF THE FREEWAY AND GOING DOWN THE RAMP [Shared]
8:08 PM34[108] ^***UPDATE SIGALERT*** WB 4 TRAFFIC DIVERTED OFF TO FRANKLIN CANYON. ALTERNATE ROUTE WB FRANKLIN CANYON TO PARALELL AND ACCESS FWY AT MCEWEN.
8:05 PM33[106] TMCGG, PLS UPDATE SIG ALERT PER THE SGT INSTRUCTIONS ON LINE 101 THANKS
8:04 PM32[105] 683B 1097 WB ALHAMBRA ONR – AND SO 98
8:00 PM31[102] TMCGG, LINE 101 SIG ALERT PLEASE
8:00 PM30[101] 19-S21 REQ SIG ALERT FOR TFFC TO DIVERT OFF TO FRANKLIN CANYON AND THEY CAN USE FRANKLIN CANYON TO GO WB AND DRIVE PARALELL TO FWY AND RE-ENTER AT MCEWEN
7:59 PM29[100] 1039 DOTCC
7:55 PM28[98] HAVE 683B RESP TO ALHAMBRA ONR TO EB 4 TO REL SO
7:53 PM27[96] 19-S21 AT LEAST ANOTHER 30 MIN CLOSURE //REQ CALTRANS
7:52 PM26[95] 19-S21 FIRE 4 ALARM FIRE
7:52 PM25[94] [Notification] [CHP]-CCSO REQ CHP TO RELIEVE THEIR UNIT WB 4 AT ALHAMBRA ONR [Shared]
7:44 PM24[93] ^***ISSUE SIGALERT*** WB 4 CLOSED DUE TO FIRE. ALL TRAFFIC DIVERTED OFF AT ALHAMBRA. ALHAMBRA ON-R CLOSED TO WB 4. UNK ETO AT THIS TIME.
7:40 PM23[91] 1039 DOTCC
7:36 PM22[90] B19-180B SO HAS RAMP AND 180 HAS MAIN LINE
7:35 PM21[89] 19-180C SO STOPPING TFFC AND CHP HAS TFFC STOPPED // FIRE SHOULD SEE A BREAK IN TFFC
7:33 PM20[85] 1039 MARTINEZ PD – THEY HAVE UNITS 1097 AND COPIES REQ TO SHUT DOWN AT LINE 80
7:31 PM19[80] 19-180B ADV MARTINEZ TO SHUT DOWN ONR TO WB 4 FRM ALHAMBRA
7:30 PM18[76] 19-180B CORR SHUTTING DOWN WB 4 AND DIVERTED TFFC OFF TO ALHAMBRA AND WILL ADVISE FIRE OF THE LAST VEH
7:29 PM17[74] 19-180B COPIES LINE 71 , VISUAL OF FIRE DEPT WB 4 APPROX 1 1/2 M JWO ALHAMBRA – EB SIDE OF TFFC IS UNAFFECTED – TA ALHAMBRA FOR 1184
7:28 PM16[71] [Notification] [CHP]-VIA LL COCO FIRE – REQ CHP FOR 1184 [Shared]
7:24 PM15[61] [Appended, 19:24:42] [2] TRF TO FIRE ADV 97
7:24 PM14[58] LINE 52/53 – PTY WAS XFERD TO FIRE
7:22 PM13[53] [Appended, 19:22:32] [2] XFER FIRE
7:19 PM12[46] GRASS FIRE IN MULTPLE SPOTS [Shared]
7:19 PM11[40] [Appended, 19:19:15] [8] XFER TO COCO FIRE
7:18 PM10[36] [Appended, 19:19:15] [4] 1039 FIRE
7:17 PM9[35] [Appended, 19:19:15] [3] MULTIPLE SPOTS ON RHS
7:16 PM8[11] PER ANOTHER CALLER WB 4 JEO MCEWEN ADV 4 BRUSH FIRE
7:16 PM7[18] [Appended, 19:16:32] [4] 1039 COCO FIRE
7:15 PM6[16] [Appended, 19:16:32] [2] 2 ARE CLOSE BY
7:14 PM5[4] XFER FIRE
7:14 PM4[7] [Appended, 19:14:10] [3] NFD / XFER FIRE
7:13 PM3[6] [Appended, 19:14:10] [2] SMALL BRUSH FIRES // RHS
7:13 PM2[3] ADVS 3 SEPARATE FIRE ON RHS
7:13 PM1[1] BRUSH FIRE ON RHS

 

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3 comments

Martinez Reader Aug 17, 2018 - 8:38 pm

Thank you for the earliest and best coverage of this fire!

Elizabeth Aug 18, 2018 - 2:43 am

How did this fire start? Any news on that?

ECT Aug 18, 2018 - 7:34 am

As of Saturday morning, still under investigation.

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