Crime & Safety
Small Brush Fire Briefly Affects Traffic on Highway 4
Around noon, a Sig-alert was issued.
A Sig-alert was briefly issued on eastbound state Highway 4 in Concord this afternoon for thick smoke in the area from a small brush fire, according to a California Highway Patrol officer and fire officials.
Drivers were advised to use caution at the eastbound Highway 4 connector to northbound state Highway 242 just after noon when a brush fire was reported on the right side of the highway, CHP Officer James Evans said.
An alert was issued at 12:16 p.m. and canceled by 12:23 p.m. when smoke had cleared, Evans said.
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A Contra Costa County Fire Protection District dispatcher said a 100-foot grass fire broke out around noon near the highway connector ramp.
By 12:30 p.m., the fire was out and crews were mopping up.
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No injuries were reported.
The CHP had reported the fire was near buildings.
A salesman at Andy's Tee Shirts, located at 1960 Arnold Industrial Place, said the fire was "burning pretty good" across the street, next to the freeway along a strip of dry brush.
He said people moved their cars away from the blaze before fire crews arrived and doused the flames.
-Bay City News Service
