Crime & Safety
Car Fire Closes Pleasant Hill Road On Monday Morning
Authorities shut down the major thoroughfare while firefighters extinguished a vehicle blaze
A car fire briefly shut down Pleasant Hill Road in Lafayette on Monday morning.
The blaze was reported at 7:09 a.m. near Taylor Boulevard and Greenhills Drive, according to Contra Costa County Fire Prevention Capt. Robert Marshall.
Firefighters found a Chevy Suburban fully engulfed and asked Pleasant Hill police to close Pleasant Hill Road.
Fire crews extinguished the flames at 7:23 a.m. and the road was re-opened.
No injuries were reported.
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