CROCKETT — A 125-acre fireplace alongside Freeway 4, close to Crockett and Port Costa, is at 75 p.c containment, officers introduced Monday night.
The information of the containment got here somewhat after 8 p.m., roughly a half-hour after an evacuation warning was issued on each side of the freeway close to Port Costa.
The evacuation warning is just not the identical as a compulsory evacuation, nevertheless it does imply officers have decided the blaze poses a “potential risk to life and property, those that require further time to evacuate, and people with pets and livestock ought to depart now.”
The Franklin Hearth began round 6:30 p.m. Monday, west of Cummings Skyway. Firefighters from Crockett/Rodeo/Hercules Hearth, Con Hearth, Cal Hearth, and Pinole fireplace departments are responding and the fireplace is being fought by air. Site visitors alongside Freeway 4 has slowed because of the blaze.
The reason for the fireplace — which occurred amidst record-setting excessive temperatures across the Bay Space — has not but been decided.
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