2 Brush Fires Erupt In Contra Costa County

ANTIOCH, CA -- Contra Costa firefighters were working two significant East County fires this afternoon, a day when several triple-digit temperatures were recorded in the eastern reaches of the Bay Area.

A two-alarm fire in the 4300 block of Deer Hill Lane in southeast Antioch, about a quarter-mile south of the Kaiser Permanente hospital on Deer Valley Road, appears to have started about 5:12 p.m. as a car fire, but by 5:30 flames had spread to at least one structure and several vehicles in a nearby salvage yard.

Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Capt. Lisa Martinez said firefighters were still on the scene at 6:15 p.m., but had little other specific information. That fire was still being battled at that time.

Earlier today, at about 1:30 p.m., East Contra Costa Fire Protection District and CalFire firefighters responded to a grass fire off Armstrong Road, southwest of Byron Airport and east of Vasco Road. Thirteen
acres of grassland burned before the blaze was contained the East County fire district said.

The cause of the fire had not been established by 6:30 p.m.

Though temperatures are expected to go down Sunday, almost the entire region will remain under "red flag warning" during which fire danger is extremely high, bolstered by high temperatures, moderate winds and an
abundance of dry fuels, including grasses.

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