CA-SCU Geary Fire: 45 acres, 50% contained. Alameda County, Sunol Wilderness Vegetation Fire #CAFire

Friday, July 3, 2015

CA-SCU Geary Fire: 45 acres, 50% contained. Alameda County, Sunol Wilderness Vegetation Fire #CAFire

Geary Fire CA-SCU Geary Fire: Alameda County, Sunol Wilderness

Vegetation Fire Ohlone Wilderness Trail / Sunol Regional Wilderness, East Bay Regional Park District.

Brush #fire still burning near #SunolWilderness http://t.co/QATvrb39P8 pic.twitter.com/2d94Tio9RD
— KTVU (@KTVU) July 3, 2015

Closures: Wilderness area temporarily closed.

"With this drought, conditions are so much drier," said Cal Fire spokesman Daniel Berlant. "It doesn't take much for something to easily ignite a wildfire."

Update 07/03/2015 1200: 45 acres, 125 firefighters, no structures appear threatened. A KTVU news van covering the fire rolled into a ditch on Calaveras Road near Geary Road, authorities said. No one was injured.

Update 07/02/2015 0930: CA-SCU Geary Fire: 45 acres, 50% contained. Steep terrain is limiting access.

Update 07/02/2015 0915: CA-SCU Geary Fire: 20 acres, 20% contained.

Start: 07/02/2015 04:30
Location: Fire is located in Sunol Wilderness, 10 miles east of Fremont, in Alameda County. above Calaveras road.
ROS: Fire is burning in dry thick brush at a slow rate of spread.
ROC: Steep terrain is limiting access.
Cause: Under investigation.

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Friday, July 3, 2015