On Sunday morning, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District firefighters were dispatched to multiple vegetation fires along Highway 4 in the Bay Point area near Willow Pass Road.
The fires broke out at approximently 8:10 am. Multiple callers reported several small fires and shortly after columns of smoke were observed by responding units.
Engine 85 arrived on scene reporting two columns of smoke with one at Bailey Road which a single engine could handle and another near the church at Willow Pass Road where they directed all units to respond. They also reported a third fire and requested more units.
As of 8:29 am, CONFIRE reported the largest vegetation fire was at a quarter acre and forward progress had been stopped. All three fires were contained.
As of 8:31 am, CONFIRE said it believed the fires started from a homeless encampment cooking fire.
CHP Log
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| 8:23 AM | 17 | [59] A19-405A AT BAILEY W/ #4 SHUT DOWN | |||||
| 8:23 AM | 16 | [68] [Appended, 08:25:15] [6] XFER FIRE | |||||
| 8:22 AM | 15 | [64] [Appended, 08:25:15] [2] ONE NEAR BAILEY RD | |||||
| 8:21 AM | 14 | [55] [Appended, 08:21:45] [2] XFER FIRE | |||||
| 8:21 AM | 13 | [9] A19-405A PER FIERE CHIEF THERE IS AN ARSONIST // 2 ADTL FIRE JWO 405’S 1020 | |||||
| 8:20 AM | 12 | [36] [Appended, 08:21:36] [27] CALLER WANTING TO REPORT SEVERAL FIRES / ON BAILEY OFR – AND 2ND BEFORE WP / XFER FIRE / FIRE ENRT | |||||
| 8:19 AM | 11 | [7] PER ANOTHER = GRASS FIRE / ON BAILEY ONR TO WB | |||||
| 8:18 AM | 10 | [33] [Appended, 08:21:36] [24] XFR FIRE | |||||
| 8:18 AM | 9 | [32] [Appended, 08:21:36] [23] XFER FIRE | |||||
| 8:16 AM | 8 | [26] [Appended, 08:21:36] [17] XFR CALLER TO COCO FIRE [Shared] | |||||
| 8:15 AM | 7 | [21] [Appended, 08:21:36] [10] [Appended, 08:15:35] [3] XFER COCO FIRE | |||||
| 8:15 AM | 6 | [20] [Appended, 08:21:36] [9] [Appended, 08:15:35] [2] DIFFERENT THAT BAILEY RD FIRE | |||||
| 8:15 AM | 5 | [17] [Appended, 08:21:36] [8] [Appended, 08:15:35] [1] BRUSH FIRE ON RHS | |||||
| 8:14 AM | 4 | [13] [Appended, 08:21:36] [2] FLAMES COMING FROM RHS | |||||
| 8:13 AM | 3 | [2] FIRE ALSO ENRT | |||||
| 8:13 AM | 2 | [1] VIS FIRE | |||||
| 8:13 AM | 1 | [12] [Appended, 08:21:36] [1] RP ADVING SEPERATE FIRE | |||||
