Local firefighters battled a vegetation blaze over the weekend that closed Stanley Boulevard, threatened two nearby neighborhoods and led to Shadow Cliffs Regional Recreation Area being evacuated, according to the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department.
The flames ignited for unknown reasons around 4:15 p.m. Saturday on the north side of Stanley Boulevard just north of the Pleasanton BMX Park, according to LPFD battalion chief Craig Berchtold.
The fire jumped Stanley Boulevard, leading to the closure of the major thoroughfare between Pleasanton and Livermore in both directions for nearly five hours that evening, according to Berchtold. The railroad tracks adjacent to the road were also closed.
Shadow Cliffs was evacuated and two neighborhoods adjacent to the fire were in the process of being evacuated when crews contained the spread of the flames to approximately 15 acres, Berchtold said.
It took crews roughly six hours to fully extinguish the fire, and LPFD personnel returned to the scene on Sunday to mop up remaining hot spots, according to Berchtold.
The origin of the fire remains under investigation, he added.
Assisting LPFD in the response on Saturday were Cal Fire, Alameda County Fire Department, the city of Alameda Fire Department, East Bay Regional Park District, Pleasanton Police Department, Falck Ambulance and California Highway Patrol, according to Berchtold.
— Jeremy Walsh
In another Tri-Valley fire this weekend, a car fire on eastbound Interstate 580 in Livermore ignited vegetation in the Altamont Pass and spread to approximately 80 acres before being contained Saturday night, according to ACFD.
The fire, near North Flynn Road and Carroll Road, was reported at 6:58 p.m. and brought under control around 8:30 p.m., the fire department said.
Cal Fire was called in to help with the blaze, whose spread was accelerated by wind conditions, the fire department said.
— Bay City News Service
