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.
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The fire was brought under control around 4:59 p.m.
There were no reports of any injuries.
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But there are some people who are still using them.
“Tonight, we have all of our investigators. We ve called them back. They re all working tonight and we have upstaffed extra personnel. We have a task force we ve put together,” said Fire Marshal Chris Bachman with the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District.
Earlier on Saturday, fire crews were called out to respond to a small fire that s suspected to have been started by fireworks.
The Contra Costa Fire Protection District has actually had extra staff on patrol for several days now leading up to this holiday weekend.
The task force includes local police agencies that are also out on patrol and can write citations for people setting off fireworks.