Investigators with Contra Costa County Fire Protection District say human activity in the crawl space under the Christ Community Church of the Nazarene caused Thursday morning's two-alarm fire in Concord. They have not determined if the fire was intentional or an accident.
UpdatedThu, May 13, 2021 at 3:28 pm PT
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Some 75 fire personnel responded to a blaze early Thursday at Christ Community Church of the Nazarene, 1650 Ashbury Drive in Concord. (Photo courtesy of Con Fire)
Some 75 fire personnel responded to a blaze early Thursday at Christ Community Church of the Nazarene, 1650 Ashbury Drive in Concord. (Photo courtesy of Con Fire)
Some 75 fire personnel responded to a blaze early Thursday at Christ Community Church of the Nazarene, 1650 Ashbury Drive in Concord. (Photo courtesy of Con Fire)
CONCORD, CA Investigators with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives ATF were working alongside Contra Costa County Fire Protection District to pinpoint the cause of a two-alarm church fire Thursday in Concord.
How one Bay Area community is taking wildfire watch into its own hands
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1of5Cortis Cooper, a Kensington resident who helped start Wildcat Watch, a neighborhood group where a team of volunteers take turns monitoring ALERTWildfire camera feeds around the clock over Wildcat Canyon in the East Bay during periods with elevated risks such as red flag warnings, walks on the deck of his home overlooking Wildcat Canyon in Kensington, Calif., Tuesday, May 11, 2021.Stephen Lam / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
2of5Cortis Cooper, a Kensington resident who helped start Wildcat Watch, a neighborhood group where a team of volunteers take turns monitoring ALERTWildfire camera feeds around the clock over Wildcat Canyon in the East Bay during periods with elevated risks such as red flag warnings, greets Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Fire Chief Lewis Broschard at home in Kensington, Calif., Tuesday, May 11, 2021.Stephen Lam / The ChronicleShow MoreSh
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Homes built on hillsides and amidst fire fuels are considered a threat. Lafayette will outline what s being done to mitigate the threat. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)
LAMORINDA, CA The Lafayette City Council will devote an entire special meeting next week to the early-arriving 2021 fire season. The meeting comes less than a week after the city s Emergency Preparedness Commission met to discuss the coming drought and what will likely be a long year of wildfires in California. Along with utility providers and other governmental agencies, the commission will present information to the council Monday.
Lafayette is seen by many as a prime spot for a major suburban wildfire, something the city has managed to escape in recent years. Much of the community was constructed on the hillsides adjoining, and between, already dry Las Trampas Regional Wilderness and the Briones hills. The East Bay Municipal Utility District has already declared a stage one drought in the area, with last sea