Antioch brush fire spreads to apartment complex
By KTVU Staff
ANTIOCH, Calif. - Firefighters raced to the scene of a brush fire in Antioch that burned into an apartment building Wednesday evening.
The fire broke out in the area of James Donlon Boulevard and Tabora Drive. The building was quickly evacuated before flames reached the complex.
The Contra Costa Fire Protection District said the blaze damaged four apartment units.
Antioch grass fire threatening homes
A grass fire in Antioch is burning near homes.
The fire was brought under control around 4:59 p.m.
There were no reports of any injuries.
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Man who died in Antioch police custody identified
FILE ART - Antioch police
ANTIOCH, Calif. - A man who died in the custody of Antioch police last week has been identified by the Contra Costa County coroner s office as Arturo Gomez Calel, 33, of San Francisco.
Not much else was immediately known about Calel, other than that he died in police custody shortly after midnight on Feb. 24 near James Donlon Boulevard west of Lone Tree Way.
Officers arrived to find the suspect incoherent and behaving erratically in the road.
Officers said they tried de-escalation techniques without success. Police said that Calel tried to get into a car that was stopped at a red light and yelled at the driver to let him inside.