At roughly 3:12 pm Monday afternoon, the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District responded to a reported vegetation fire off Concord Avenue and Vineyard Parkway in Brentwood. The fire quickly spread and burned 247 acres before being contained by 5:30 pm.
As of Tuesday morning, crews were still on scene checking for hot spots.
Upon arrival, Engine 352 found just thee (3) acres of grass burning. Crews quickly worked to surround it, but access made it difficult. Crews conducted an attack, but were unable to stop the back burn and reinforcements were called in.
The incident required a total of 75-firefighters with multiple vehicles including aircrafts and bulldozers working fields to protect homes. One firefighter from Contra Costa County Fire Protection District sustained a first degree burn while fighting the fire, however, no injuries to our District or civilians.
While the fire threatened homes in the Deer Ridge area running into a few backyards, no structures were lost or damaged.
According to the incident report, the probable cause came from a tractor mower.
It should be noted that prior to this fire beginning, crews battled a 4:30 am fire in Oakley which required crews on scene for just over 3-hours. Engines 93 and 94 were also called to a vegetation fire on E. Cypress Way and were working that fire when the Brentwood blaze broke out. 93 left E. Cypress to assist with the Brentwood Incident. While the 247-acre blaze was occurring, it depleted our resources so much so, that a residential fire in Brentwood had the second incoming engine dispatched all the way from Concord—thankfully it was a false alarm.
Thank you to those who submitted photographs which include: Amanda Kaelin, Andrea Case, Antonio Arguerta, Cynthia Baker Padilla, Jami Price, Jason Gonzales, Jennifer Buynak Fernandez, Jennifer Craw Uresti, Jessica Cipolina, Jodi Thorpe Larson, John Poore Jr, Jon Davis, Lisa Gendotti, Megan Traum, Michelle Poggensee, Natasha Sourhorokoff-Baio, Perry Bridges, Valerie Cordova
6 comments
As usual, amazing photographs. Nice of you to include other peoples as well. Great job to all the firefighters who prevented some very nice brentwood homes from being destroyed.
amazing this was only vegitation and no homes
People need to stop trying to be the hero and get pictures of the fires and stay out of the way of the fire fighters and proper credentialed media. Not only are you putting your life in harms way but now the fire fighters have to worry about you and not do there job and put there life in harms way.
Besides the ones we posted from where the crew was working…all of the photos from our readers were taken from a safe distance. And there is no such thing as “proper credentialed media”.
Yesterday during the Brentwood fire the police had to be called over to move the crowd.
Proper credentialed media?
While I am not quite sure what you are talking about, I can safely say, I find pictures (photos), updates and stories on this blog that I NEVER see in the local media. Perhaps the “proper credentialed media” needs to get off of their “collective assses” and do their fricken jobs.
The local papers are a disgrace and provide no real news, photos or truth to the readers. It’s a fact jack, and the #1 reason print media is headed into extinction. Just ask the “Press newspapers” and the Contra Costa Times…….hell, they can’t give those papers away.
Good luck with your credentials.
Comments are closed.