Illegal fireworks made for a 'very busy night' for the Alameda County Fire Department on the Fourth of July, according to a department spokesperson.
ALAMEDA COUNTY – Illegal fireworks made for a"very busy night" for the Alameda County Fire Department on the Fourth of July, according to a department spokesperson.
The largest fire was called in around 11 p.m. near the 17000 block of Lake Chabot Road in unincorporated Alameda County. The fire spread to 6 acres and required the help of Cal Fire and the East Bay Regional Park District. In Union City, a structure fire was reported at 10:23 p.m. in the 35000 block of Begonia Street. The owner of the property, who had previously been displaced by a fire there in March and now lives nearby, reported seeing embers from illegal fireworks in the air, Hurd said.
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