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.