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.