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Most East Bay Regional Parks Reopen Thursday
Six parks will remain closed because of active fires or wildfire damage— check the list.
EAST BAY — Most East Bay regional parks not impacted by the wildfires raging through the region may reopen Thursday if the air quality is good enough, East Bay Regional Park District officials said Wednesday.
Lightning strikes, which appear to have ignited most of the major blazes raging across Northern California this month, started fires in five parks in the East Bay district: Mission Peak Regional Preserve, Sunol Wilderness Regional Preserve, Ohlone Wilderness Regional Preserve, Morgan Territory Regional Preserve, and Round Valley Regional Preserve.
Cleanup operations have begun in Morgan Territory, Mission Peak and Round Valley, while fires are still burning in the Sunol and Ohlone wilderness preserves.
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Except for regional trails and shoreline areas, all East Bay parks have been closed since last Friday because of high fire danger, unhealthy air and limited staff to deal with other potential emergencies.
Closed Parks
Six parks will stay closed even if the air quality is good enough to open the others. Sunol Wilderness, Ohlone Wilderness, Morgan Territory, Mission Peak, Round Valley and Del Valle Regional Park will stay closed, park district spokesman Dave Mason said.
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The number of acres and park assets lost because of the fires has not been determined.
The SCU Lightning Complex of fires burning in Alameda County and others was the second largest in state history as of Wednesday morning. The part of that complex that was burning in Contra Costa County has been contained.
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