Late Wednesday, CALFIRE says a fire in the City of Brentwood spread to 250-acres and was 75% contained as of 7:50 pm.
The fire broke out just after 3:00 pm in the area of Deer Valley Road and Empire Mine road which began as a small 30×30 fire and quickly grew with updates coming quickly jumping to 100-acres and approaching homes.
The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District arrived on scene to the fire being approximently 1-acre and requested a second-alarm response was the blaze quickly grew to 50-acres by 3:35 pm. They also requested air support and law enforcement to shut down Deer Valley Road to traffic.
The incident knocked out power and cable services in the Brentwood area which lasted several hours with PG&E on scene working to repair damaged poles and wires.
As of 3:48 pm, the fire was more than 100-acres. They also requested structure protection at W Country Club while air drops were set to begin.
As of 4:20 pm, fire crews were making good progress on the fire due to water drops and firebreaks.
As of 4:23 pm, thanks to air support, they believe they have it pretty much knocked out, no more threats to structures. All resources not yet committed to incident now being cancelled. Contained to around 100 acres.
7:30 PM UPDATE- CALFIRE says the fire was listed at 255 acres and 75% contained. Firefighters continue to build and maintain control lines while mitigating any hazards. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Thursday UPDATE (FINAL) – final]Empire Mine Rd X Deer Valley Rd west of Brentwood (Contra Costa County) is now 100% contained. After better mapping the final acreage is 250.
Check back for updates.
CHP Log:
| Detail Information | |||||||
| 3:48 PM | 12 | [25] B19-405B HAS BOTH LANES CLOSED DEERY VLY X MINES [Shared] | |||||
| 3:47 PM | 11 | [24] B19-404B HAS BOTH LNS SHUT DOWN FRM EMPIRE TO MINES [Shared] | |||||
| 3:39 PM | 10 | [23] PER ANOTHER – DEER VALLEY X COUNTRY CLUB / XFER FIRE [Shared] | |||||
| 3:37 PM | 9 | [21] XFER FIRE – BALFOUR X DEER VALLEY [Shared] | |||||
| 3:26 PM | 8 | [17] Secondary Location for B19-404B: DEER VLY X MINES, [Shared] | |||||
| 3:23 PM | 7 | [16] Secondary Location for B19-405B: DEER VLY X MINES, [Shared] | |||||
| 3:21 PM | 6 | [13] [Notification] [CHP]-COCO FIRE REQ 1184 // DEER VALLEY AT EMPIRE MINES [Shared] | |||||
| 3:12 PM | 5 | [7] [Appended, 15:13:19] [2] FIRE GETTING BIGGER | |||||
| 3:11 PM | 4 | [4] BTWN KAISER HOSP and BALFOUR RD | |||||
| 3:10 PM | 3 | [3] FLAMES and SMOKE | |||||
| 3:10 PM | 2 | [2] SEEN OVER EB SIDE OF DEER VALEY | |||||
| 3:10 PM | 1 | [1] GRASS FIRE | |||||
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