Crews Battle Wildfire Off I-80 In Vallejo

SOLANO COUNTY, CA — Firefighters are responding to a three-alarm wildfire just east of Interstate Highway 80 in Vallejo this morning, a fire spokesman said. The blaze was reported at 8:36 a.m. Tuesday in the vicinity of Turner Parkway and Admiral Callaghan Drive — an overgrown area known to have homeless encampments present, according to firefighter Danny Gutierrez.

The fuel in the area is primarily grass and thick shrubs, but there are homes and apartment buildings nearby. So far none of them are threatened by the fire, according to Gutierrez.

The incident has exhausted the Vallejo Fire Department's resources, so they've requested mutual aid from other departments while they continue to battle the blaze.

By Bay City News Service

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