Midway Fire May Have Started Near Downed Transmission Lines: ACFD

Midway Fire near Tracy now 50% contained, forward progress halted

(KRON) -- A brush fire that erupted in Livermore near Tracy Thursday afternoon has exploded to over 260 acres and jumped I-580, according to Cal Fire officials. As of shortly after 5 p.m., the fire was 50% contained and forward progress had been halted. The blaze is located near Patterson Pass Road and N. Midway Road in Tracy and was first reported at just 20 acres. The fire spans two counties -- Alameda and San Joaquin. San Mateo Sheriff and al…

Midway Fire May Have Started Near Downed Transmission Lines: ACFD

Midway Fire May Have Started Near Downed Transmission Lines: ACFD - Livermore, CA - The fast-moving grass fire has burned over 260 acres but is contained as of Thursday afternoon, authorities said.

Crews halt fast-moving wildfire near Livermore, Tracy

LIVERMORE — Crews had mostly contained a 260-acre wildfire that spread fast Thursday near Livermore, Tracy and the junction of Interstate 580 and Interstate 205, signaling the arrival of wildfire season in the Bay Area. As of 7:30 p.m., the Midway Fire was 75% contained, said Chelsea Burkett, a spokesperson for Cal Fire’s Santa Clara unit. The blaze didn’t damage any structures. “We’re in our mop-up phase right now,” she said. Ground crews were …

Midway Fire: Large grass fire in Alameda County shuts down I-580

Firefighters are on the scene of a large grass fire in the Altamont area of Alameda County.

Midway Fire: I-580 partially reopened near Tracy, 262 acres burned

A brush fire scorched over 250 acres outside Tracy Thursday afternoon and triggered the closure of Interstate 580. The Midway Fire broke out just before 3 p.m. in the area of Midway and Patterson Pass roads on the border of Alameda and San Joaquin counties. At about 7 p.m., Cal Fire said 262 acres had burned and the blaze was 75% contained, with forward progress stopped. All eastbound and westbound lanes of Interstate 580 between Patterson Pass …

Fast-moving Midway Fire burning 260 acres east of Livermore

Fire crews were working to contain a fast-moving grass fire burning in a rural area of Alameda County east of Livermore that is threatening Interstate 580 and headed toward Tracy on Thursday afternoon. The post Fast-moving Midway Fire burning 260 acres east of Livermore appeared first on Livermore Vine.