State fire spokesman Dave Shew says hundreds of additional firefighters are expected to join the fight against the blaze Monday. He says he's confident the fire will be brought under control in a few days. The blaze broke out amid temperatures near triple digits in early afternoon on the edge of Mt. By nightfall it had surged to acres, state fire officials said, spewing a plume of smoke visible for miles around and leading to the evacuation Sunday of homes in Clayton, a town of about 11, people alongside the park.
We've never had anything this big before. Three firefighters had suffered minor injuries, the most recent on Monday afternoon, Hutchinson said. There was no information available on the specific nature of their injuries. The National Weather Service forecast highs of 90 to 95 degrees Tuesday with winds between 10 and 20 mph expected in the afternoon.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District issued a smoke advisory for Contra Costa, Alameda and Santa Clara counties, and reminded residents to limit their exposure to smoky air and advised those with asthma or lung and heart conditions to talk to their doctor about possibly avoiding the areas affected by smoke.
A team of firefighters from across the state came in at 6 p. Kaufmann, a year firefighter from the Ventura County area, notes that this is the sixth major fire the Incident Management Team has been on this year, and that it has been a particularly busy season because of the abundance of dry fuels like wood and brush.
In that way, the Morgan fire is directly tied into what they are experiencing statewide, and Kaufmann said the busy season has dealt the crew a great deal of experience working in dramatic fire conditions. Rein said about homes had been evacuated as of Monday morning. Those homes were in danger as the fire shifted south Sunday, away from Clayton and toward the summit of Mount Diablo, Hutchinson said.
Officials used two air tankers to drop fire retardant on the growing fire starting about 8 a. Monday, Rein said. Three helicopters were also making water drops. Dennis Rein, an information officer for the Moraga-Orinda Fire District, said firefighters had been on the line overnight and were being replaced Monday morning with new firefighters. Crews are gathering at Camp Parks in Dublin and are arriving from all over the region and California, he said.
Mark Tait, 42, of Danville was among the replacements. He was home for eight hours before he was then dispatched to the Rim Fire in Yosemite for 12 days.
A lot of coffee. You miss Christmases. These are important days for the family unit. Trucks pulling horse trailers snaked up the mountain and back down on Sunday night, carrying animals to safety out of the fire zone. Larry and Valerie Sterling, who are members of the Concord Mt. Diablo Trail Ride Association, took in four horses and Pam Hall took in two horses and a mini owned by Mike and Paulette Probst, who also evacuated four dogs and a cat.
The Probsts and some other families stayed in sleeping areas of their trailers overnight, but may go stay with friends and leave their horses if they are not allowed to return to their homes tonight, they said.
That fire, southwest of Redding, had burned 30 structures, mostly homes, and more than 60, acres through Tuesday morning.
Diablo, began returning to their residences Tuesday morning. Evacuation orders issued to about 75 homes on Sunday were lifted Tuesday evening and all roads were also re-opened.. Jim Fico fought the blaze with a garden hose, and he and his wife stayed in the home Sunday, bolstered by the large presence of firefighters. They left Monday and were allowed to return Tuesday. Cleon Winter, 67, of Antioch, and Kent Swindell, 66, of Concord, two members of the year-old Diablo Bowmen Archery Club, returned to find the target range at the club gutted.
The fire has been moving up the mountain since Sunday, but Rose said fire crews are stationed near the structures atop the peak. She said the building housing the beacon atop Mt. The beacon light itself was removed in June to be restored. A large plume of smoke that could be seen through much of the Bay Area on Sunday and Monday seemed to dissipate Tuesday.
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