Firefighters battle multiple vegetation fires in Santa Clara County
By KTVU staff
Photo courtesy Cal Fire.
GILROY, Calif. - Firefighters in the South Bay have contained four separate vegetation fires in Santa Clara County, Cal Fire officials said on Wednesday.
The location of the fires is on Pacheco Pass Highway 152 and Lovers Lane, east of Gilroy.
Cal Fire SCU first tweeted about the fires at around 4:20 p.m. Within 20 minutes they had gained the upper hand. The fires were contained by 5 p.m.
Photo courtesy Cal Fire.
The actual size of the small fires was not immediately known. It does not appear that any structures were threatened and no injuries were reported.
One person dead, another injured in head-on crash near Gilroy
By Kathleen Kirkwood article
GILROY, Calif. - One man died and another was hospitalized early Saturday after a head-on collision along State Route 152 near Gilroy, the California Highway Patrol said.
A 57-year-old man was driving eastbound on 152, known as the Pacheco Pass Highway, when he drifted over the yellow lines just west of Lovers Lane and hit a car headed westbound about 3 a.m.
The man, a resident of Gilroy, died at the scene, the CHP said.
The driver of the other car, a 64-year-old man from Gustine in Merced County, suffered moderate injuries and was taken to a hospital.
Updated on January 23, 2021 at 12:29 pm
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One man died and another was hospitalized early Saturday after a head-on collision along State Route 152 near Gilroy, the California Highway Patrol said.
A 57-year-old man was driving eastbound on 152, known as the Pacheco Pass Highway, when he drifted over the yellow lines just west of Lovers Lane and hit a car headed westbound about 3 a.m.
The man, a resident of Gilroy, died at the scene, the CHP said. The driver of the other car, a 64-year-old man from Gustine in Merced County, suffered moderate injuries and was taken to a hospital.
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