A vehicle fire caused the blaze near Highway 152 and Dinosaur
Point Road that had burned 750 acres as of 7:10 p.m., but a Calfire
spokesman said he thinks crews are
”
starting to get ahead of it
”
and that it is not threatening any structures while moving north
away from Pacheco Pass.
HOLLISTER
A vehicle fire caused the blaze near Highway 152 and Dinosaur Point Road that had burned 750 acres as of 7:10 p.m., but a Calfire spokesman said he thinks crews are “starting to get ahead of it” and that it is not threatening any structures while moving north away from Pacheco Pass.
It started with the vehicle fire reported at 2:17 p.m. today near that area of the highway that spread to the nearby brush, said John Amos, a spokesman with the Santa Clara County Calfire unit.
“I think we’re getting ahead of it,” Amos said. “It’s too soon to make that much of a guarantee, but it’s expanding slower.”
Amos noted how Calfire has “a considerable number of units” assigned to the blaze. There were nine engines, an air-attack plane, four air tankers, two helicopters and two bulldozers working the fire as of 5:20 p.m. today, but Amos added how there likely were even more units assigned by that point because his data had not been updated.
The fire started on the north side of Highway 152 and began burning vegetation while moving northerly. Amos said the fire likely will not cross the highway because of its direction and that no structures are in the area.
