Crime & Safety

Smoke Advisory: Moraga-Orinda Fire District Conducts Prescribed Burn

The Lamorinda burn is part of the maintenance program for the North Orinda Shaded Fuel Break.

Residents of Sleepy Hollow in Lamorinda may see or smell smoke Wednesday from a prescribed burn.
Residents of Sleepy Hollow in Lamorinda may see or smell smoke Wednesday from a prescribed burn. (Moraga-Orinda Fire District)

LAMORINDA, CA — The Moraga-Orinda Fire District planned to conduct another in a series of prescribed burns Wednesday off Bear Creek Road.

Firefighters were fixing to burn piled material along the roadway as part of the maintenance program for the North Orinda Shaded Fuel Break, the fire district said.

"Residents in Sleepy Hollow may see or smell smoke in the area," the district said. "Please reduce your speed and drive carefully on Bear Creek Road during the project."

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