East Bay Firefighters Sent to Battle Fish Fire in Southern California

Alameda County, CA — Hayward, Oakland, Fremont and Alameda county fire departments were sent this week to help fight the growing Fish Fire in Duarte in Los Angeles County.

The team left Alameda County on June 21, according to the Alameda County Fire Twitter feed.

The Fish Fire started on June 20 and eventually merged with the Reservoir Fire, which was burning in the Angeles National Forest above Azusa. The two wildfires were separated by a canyon, according to fire officials.

The fires are now being referred to as the San Gabriel Complex Fire and have a combined acreage of about 4,900 acres as of Wednesday night. The fires, fueled by brutal heat and dry vegetation, have prompted hundreds of evacuations. The cause of the fires are still under investigation.

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Bay Area firefighters recently predicted one of the "worst fire seasons ever," and Mother Nature seems to have taken that ominous prediction as a challenge.

Firefighters, strike teams and officials with the Red Cross have mobilized to attack fires and evacuate residents and animals from the fires burning as far south as San Diego and in the north near the Oregon border.

Photos, video embed courtesy Alameda County Fire