Bayliss Fire Fully Contained, Reduced To 60 Acres: Cal Fire

SAN JOSE, CA — At full containment overnight, firefighters waged a no-holds-barred attack on the Bayliss brush fire that consumed 60 acres amid a rural landscape between South San Jose and Morgan Hill Thursday afternoon.

The coverage area was reduced from Cal Fire's earlier tally Thursday of 75 acres because the state fire agency mapped it out more accurately.

Cal Fire reported the wildland blaze was stopped in its tracks by early evening, Division Chief Jim Crawford told Patch.

No one was reported as hurt.

At one point, there was a concern the fire would wreak havoc on Pacific Gas & Electric's infrastructure that powers the entire South Bay.

Santa Teresa Boulevard between Bayliss Drive and Bailey Avenue was shut down, but no structures were threatened along the Coyote Valley because of San Jose Fire's and Cal Fire's quick attack.

The latter launched an air assault with consistent drops.

At the start of the 12:15 p.m. fire, 1,674 customers lost power when a vehicle hit a utility pole on Phinney Way north of Calero County Park and damaged the lines, Pacific Gas & Electric reported. Power was restored to all affected at 1:25 p.m., and crews have repaired the damage.

High tension power lines are linked to a system with a transmission substation opposite of the fire on the other side of Monterey Road — a major thoroughfare that's the old highway connecting Morgan Hill and Gilroy to the South Bay.

Cal Fire indicated the terrain provided"flashy" fuels in some of the driest, hottest conditions this summer.

The blaze is located where State Route 85 and U.S. Highway 101 intersect north of two premier county parks — Santa Teresa and Coyote Creek.