Vegetation fire near Bay Point burns 40 acres, forward progress stopped

Firefighters with the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District and Cal Fire say they've stopped forward progress on 40-acre brush fire that began Sunday afternoon near Bay Point.

The blaze was reported about 2:30 p.m. along the Port Chicago Highway near Kinne Boulevard.

Firefighters are calling the blaze the Port Incident.

As of 3:45 p.m., forward progress of the blaze had been stopped, Cal Fire said.