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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.
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10:06 PM | 59 | [159] 1039 ENTAC OFFICER ROHNER | |||||
10:05 PM | 58 | [158] 1039 PSDS1 BAKER – WILL HANDLE LINE 157 | |||||
10:04 PM | 57 | [157] S21 LL – PER L1 PLEASE NOTIFY ENTAC ABOUT THIS FIRE AND THE HARD CLOSURE | |||||
10:02 PM | 56 | [156] 1039 DOTCC | |||||
10:01 PM | 55 | [154] CALTRANS HAS A HARD CLOSURE HERE – CHP 98 | |||||
10:00 PM | 54 | [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 PM | 53 | [151] ^***UPDATE SIGALERT*** WB 4 AT ALHAMBRA AVE – THE #1 LANE IS OPEN – LANES #2-3 REMAIN CLOSED | |||||
9:23 PM | 52 | [148] 19-S21 LANE #1 OPEN, LANE 2 CLOSED | |||||
9:23 PM | 51 | [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 PM | 50 | [143] [Appended, 21:22:12] [1] RP REQ OFCR TO 1184 – DUE TO TRAFFIC BACKING UP | |||||
9:15 PM | 49 | [138] [Notification] [CHP]-PER ANOTHER CALLER WB 4 BTWN PINE ST and MORELO VEHS DRIVING ON RHS / ALMOST NEAR TC / [Shared] | |||||
9:05 PM | 48 | [137] COCO FIRE COPIES LINE 135 | |||||
9:04 PM | 47 | [136] LL COCO FIRE | |||||
9:04 PM | 46 | [135] 180B ALL LANES STILL BLOCKED – HOPEFULLY 1 OF THE LANES WILL OPEN IN 30 MINS | |||||
9:03 PM | 45 | [134] 19-683B CALTRANS 1097 , S21 MAKING CONTACT W/ CALTRANS AND THEN WILL ADVISE ON LANES | |||||
9:01 PM | 44 | [132] NO LLL COCO FIRE REQ CHP WITH LANE STATUS | |||||
8:58 PM | 43 | [131] [Notification] [CHP]-COCO FIRE LL INQ ON WHICH LANES ARE OPEN [Shared] | |||||
8:38 PM | 42 | [130] 1039 DOTCC | |||||
8:32 PM | 41 | [121] 19-S21 WILL BE OPENING LANES ON FWY – REQ ETA W/ CALTRANS W/ CONES AND SIGN BOARDS PLEASE | |||||
8:21 PM | 40 | [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 PM | 39 | [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 PM | 38 | [114] 1039 COCO SO COPIES LINE 113 – THEY WILL CB IF NEEDED | |||||
8:15 PM | 37 | [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 PM | 36 | [110] [Appended, 20:13:58] [1] RP ADVSD THE SAME FIRE AS LOG 2830 | |||||
8:13 PM | 35 | [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 PM | 34 | [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 PM | 33 | [106] TMCGG, PLS UPDATE SIG ALERT PER THE SGT INSTRUCTIONS ON LINE 101 THANKS | |||||
8:04 PM | 32 | [105] 683B 1097 WB ALHAMBRA ONR – AND SO 98 | |||||
8:00 PM | 31 | [102] TMCGG, LINE 101 SIG ALERT PLEASE | |||||
8:00 PM | 30 | [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 PM | 29 | [100] 1039 DOTCC | |||||
7:55 PM | 28 | [98] HAVE 683B RESP TO ALHAMBRA ONR TO EB 4 TO REL SO | |||||
7:53 PM | 27 | [96] 19-S21 AT LEAST ANOTHER 30 MIN CLOSURE //REQ CALTRANS | |||||
7:52 PM | 26 | [95] 19-S21 FIRE 4 ALARM FIRE | |||||
7:52 PM | 25 | [94] [Notification] [CHP]-CCSO REQ CHP TO RELIEVE THEIR UNIT WB 4 AT ALHAMBRA ONR [Shared] | |||||
7:44 PM | 24 | [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 PM | 23 | [91] 1039 DOTCC | |||||
7:36 PM | 22 | [90] B19-180B SO HAS RAMP AND 180 HAS MAIN LINE | |||||
7:35 PM | 21 | [89] 19-180C SO STOPPING TFFC AND CHP HAS TFFC STOPPED // FIRE SHOULD SEE A BREAK IN TFFC | |||||
7:33 PM | 20 | [85] 1039 MARTINEZ PD – THEY HAVE UNITS 1097 AND COPIES REQ TO SHUT DOWN AT LINE 80 | |||||
7:31 PM | 19 | [80] 19-180B ADV MARTINEZ TO SHUT DOWN ONR TO WB 4 FRM ALHAMBRA | |||||
7:30 PM | 18 | [76] 19-180B CORR SHUTTING DOWN WB 4 AND DIVERTED TFFC OFF TO ALHAMBRA AND WILL ADVISE FIRE OF THE LAST VEH | |||||
7:29 PM | 17 | [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 PM | 16 | [71] [Notification] [CHP]-VIA LL COCO FIRE – REQ CHP FOR 1184 [Shared] | |||||
7:24 PM | 15 | [61] [Appended, 19:24:42] [2] TRF TO FIRE ADV 97 | |||||
7:24 PM | 14 | [58] LINE 52/53 – PTY WAS XFERD TO FIRE | |||||
7:22 PM | 13 | [53] [Appended, 19:22:32] [2] XFER FIRE | |||||
7:19 PM | 12 | [46] GRASS FIRE IN MULTPLE SPOTS [Shared] | |||||
7:19 PM | 11 | [40] [Appended, 19:19:15] [8] XFER TO COCO FIRE | |||||
7:18 PM | 10 | [36] [Appended, 19:19:15] [4] 1039 FIRE | |||||
7:17 PM | 9 | [35] [Appended, 19:19:15] [3] MULTIPLE SPOTS ON RHS | |||||
7:16 PM | 8 | [11] PER ANOTHER CALLER WB 4 JEO MCEWEN ADV 4 BRUSH FIRE | |||||
7:16 PM | 7 | [18] [Appended, 19:16:32] [4] 1039 COCO FIRE | |||||
7:15 PM | 6 | [16] [Appended, 19:16:32] [2] 2 ARE CLOSE BY | |||||
7:14 PM | 5 | [4] XFER FIRE | |||||
7:14 PM | 4 | [7] [Appended, 19:14:10] [3] NFD / XFER FIRE | |||||
7:13 PM | 3 | [6] [Appended, 19:14:10] [2] SMALL BRUSH FIRES // RHS | |||||
7:13 PM | 2 | [3] ADVS 3 SEPARATE FIRE ON RHS | |||||
7:13 PM | 1 | [1] BRUSH FIRE ON RHS |
3 comments
Thank you for the earliest and best coverage of this fire!
How did this fire start? Any news on that?
As of Saturday morning, still under investigation.
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