Crime & Safety
Evacuation Warnings Near Fremont Lifted
Evacuation warnings near Fremont and in unincorporated eastern Alameda County were lifted by Cal Fire Tuesday evening.
ALAMEDA COUNTY, CA —Evacuation warnings were lifted Tuesday evening for areas east of Fremont and in eastern unincorporated Alameda County, encroaching on the Pleasanton city limits and bordering Livermore.
In all, Cal Fire called off five Alameda County evacuation warnings and several others in neighboring areas amid the SCU Lightning Complex fires, which became the largest in the state Tuesday. The fires have scorched nearly 364,000 acres in the East Bay, South Bay and neighboring Central Valley areas and were 15 percent contained as of Tuesday afternoon.
Evacuation orders remain in place near parts of the lower Alameda-San Joaquin county line and Alameda-Santa Clara county line.
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SCU Lightning Complex Fires Now The Biggest In California
View the evacuation map here and the notice on the evacuation orders being lifted here.
Find out what's happening in Fremontfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
#SCULightningComplex | Evacuation Order Reduced to Warning and Warning Lifted | Alameda County 08.25.20 - Zone 15B, 15C, 15D, 15E and 19 https://t.co/CdgltbCN95 pic.twitter.com/VRuwuiEF4i
— CAL FIRE SCU (@calfireSCU) August 26, 2020
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