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Overall, incidents were down 20% from 2020, Hill said, despite conditions being much worse this year. The weather was our friend last night, Hill said Monday. There were lower temperatures and higher humidity. It was windy up until 8 or 8:30 last night. Which worked out pretty well.
Con Fire got help from Cal Fire corralling a 35-acre blaze off Kirker Pass Road near Pittsburg, started by a car fire just after 1 p.m. There were also two small fires started by the Con Fire-approved fireworks show at the Concord Pavilion. Both were extinguished quickly at the scene by firefighters there just for that reason.
Fire crews, choppers hold wildfire to 35 acres in Contra Costa County
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An remote fire camera captures smoke from a vegetation fire on Kirker Pass Road and Nortonville Road in the Clayton area on Sunday, July 4, 2021.Alert Wildfire Network
Contra Costa County firefighters Sunday stopped the forward momentum of a 35-acre wildfire burning in oak wooodlands south of Pittsburg.
The blaze was touched off by a vehicle fire about 1:15 p.m., spreading in dry vegetation near near Kirker Pass and Nortonville roads, Cal Fire Assistant Chief George Huang said.
The first fire engines reported a three-acre blaze, but the fire burned quickly in the rolling oak woodlands near the community of Clayton.
35-acres burned after Concord vehicle fire spreads to nearby brush
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CONCORD, Calif. - A vehicle fire along Kirker Pass Road in Concord spread to nearby vegetation Sunday afternoon, sparking a fire that grew to 35-acres in size.
The fire, which is being called the Kirker Fire, began at 1:09 p.m., according to CHP reports. It started with a minor-injury collision between two vehicles. One of the two vehicles was reported to be fully engulfed.
By 2:54 p.m., Cal Fire SCU announced that forward progress on the blaze had been stopped and the size of land burned remained unchanged.
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