Crews Battle Brush Fire In Pittsburg Hills

Concord CA

02 May, 2022

3:03 PM

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PITTSBURG, CA — Firefighters stopped the forward spread of a brush fire Monday morning just south of state Highway 4 in Pittsburg. The Leland Fire was reported at 10:25 a.m. at West Leland Road and Golf Club Road and forward progress was stopped by 12:10 p.m., the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District said. The early-season, second-alarm vegetation fire burned an estimated 7 acres in the hills south of W. Leland and Golf Club, and was 50 percent contained by 11:45 a.m., Con Fire said. No structures were threatened and there were no evacuations ordered, officials said. The cause of the fire remained under investigation early Monday afternoon. West Leland Road and Gold Club Road, Pittsburg CA (Google Maps)