Two Pleasanton Vegetation Fires Deemed Suspicious

PLEASANTON, CA: Two vegetation fires reported in the same area within hours of each other are being called suspicious, Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Battalion Chief Jack Neiman-Kimel said.

The first fire, which was reported at 9:15 p.m. in the 9000 block of Olson Court, consumed a half-acre of dry brush, according to fire officials. The second fire was reported in the same area just after 3 a.m., Neiman-Kimel said.

Neiman-Kimel says Olson Ct. is the driveway to the water tank and to a hiking trail.

"On arrival approximately a quarter acre of very dry grass was on fire," Neiman-Kimel said. "The crews attacked the fire with hose lines from each flank. When the fire was out all crews mopped up the area and scratched a line down to mineral soil all the way around the fire."

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Neiman-Kimel told Patch the cause of the first fire is not yet known but the second blaze, which was reported nearby, has caught the attention of fire investigators.

Photo, video embed courtesy Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Twitter.