California firefighters battle wind-driven wildfire east of San Francisco

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California firefighters battle wind-driven wildfire east of San Francisco



In this image from an AlertCalifornia/UC San Diego monitoring camera, smoke rises from the Corral Fire near the city of Tracy, Calif., Saturday, June 1, 2024. (AlertCalifornia/UC San Diego via AP)

Updated 4:14 AM EDT, June 2, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California firefighters aided by aircraft battled a wind-driven wildfire burning Saturday in an area straddling the San Francisco Bay Area and central California, authorities said.

The Corral Fire began burning Saturday near the city of Tracy, 60 miles (96 kilometers) east of San Francisco, and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the city of Livermore, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire.

Dark plumes of smoke traveled high into the sky over the fire area comprised mostly of grassy hills, where strong winds were expected to continue overnight.

Late Saturday, Cal Fire updated the size of the fire to 15.6 square miles (40.4 square kilometers) with 13% contained, which increased from an earlier report of 13.7 square miles (35.4 square kilometers).

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1. That explains the hazy skies in Contra Costa County Saturday afternoon

Thanks for sharing

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2. 12,500 acres, 15% contained

Per the Watch Duty app, updated two hours ago

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3. Scary. Stay safe from fire and bad air.

The fire started Saturday afternoon at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory site along Corral Hollow Road. The updated CalFire maps showed that it burned south and west of Interstate 580.

Michael Padilla spokesperson for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a nuclear, chemical and biological weapons research and development center, says Site 300 outside of Tracy is not threatened by the fire.

“The fire has moved away from the site. There was no on or off site contamination,” he said. “As a precaution, LLNL has activated their emergency operations center to monitor the situation through the weekend.”

The cause of the fire is being investigated.

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