Crews contain truck fire that spread to brush and the Oakland hills
Oakland Fire Department responds to a large vegetation fire along I-580. Sept. 26, 2022.
OAKLAND, Calif. - Oakland Fire Department is working a four-alarm fire on westbound I-580 at the Edwards Avenue exit, where a truck fire has spread to brush and to the hills Monday evening. Officials say the fire is now contained.
Within the span of an hour, the fire spread up the hill. Officials said the call came in at 6:18 p.m. Shortly after 7 p.m., the fire department tweeted that no structures were threatened, but that the vegetation fire was still very active. Officials said the fire moved at a moderate rate of speed.
According to Oakland Fire Department's battalion chief, the fire came within 40 to 50 yards of homes along Blue Rock Court in the Leona Quarry.
Crews extinguished hot spots and in a late evening update, fire officials said they are mopping up. As many as 70 personnel responded to the fire. Officials said between three and five acres burned.
No injuries have been reported, according to the department's incident commander.
"We'll have an engine on scene all night to continue to monitor this fire for hot spots," Battalion Chief Linda Buell said.
Traffic is impacted on the interstate with lane closures. California Highway Patrol is assisting.
The fire department received mutual aid from East Bay Parks and Alameda's city fire department as well as Fremont's fire department which provided an infrared camera-equipped drone.
It is not clear how the truck at the Seminary off-ramp caught fire. Officials said the occupants of the truck made it out of the vehicle safely without injury.