Firefighters battle brush fire near Brentwood

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Firefighters battle brush fire near Brentwood

The fire prompted an evacuation warning.

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Fire crews are battling a 10-acre fire near Brentwood that also prompted evacuation warnings, authorities said.

Fire crews are battling a 10-acre fire near Brentwood that also prompted evacuation warnings, authorities said.

Contra Costa County Fire said on X at around 6:30 p.m. crews were battling a 10-acre brush fire in the area of Deer Valley and Balfour roads. At one point, the Brentwood Police Department sent an evacuation warning alert for the Shadow Lakes neighborhood.

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Just before 7 p.m., officials said the forward progress of the fire, dubbed Deer Fire, had been stopped.

 

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