Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Firefighters Contain Large Grass Fire
Cal Fire reports blaze charred 200 acres off Patterson Pass Road at Cross Road.
Firefighters – including some from the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District – spent about seven hours battling a 200-acre grass fire east of Livermore today, according to Cal Fire officials.
The fire started at 12:13 p.m. near the intersection of Patterson Pass Road and Cross Road and was under control by 7:30 p.m., according to Cal Fire Battalion Chief Jim Crawford.
Twelve engines, two bulldozers, two helicopters and two inmate hand crews battled the blaze throughout the afternoon.
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Two firefighters suffered minor injuries and no structures were threatened, Crawford said.
— Bay City News Service
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