Fire Crews Contain Brush Fire In Fremont's Coyote Hills Regional Park
FREMONT (CBS SF) -- Fire crews from Fremont and Alameda County have contained a brush fire in Coyote Hills Regional Park Monday afternoon, according to authorities.
The so-called Patterson Fire is burning off of Patterson Ranch Road in the park and has grown to approximately 40 acres, according to a tweet by the Fremont Fire Department.
Firefighters requested assistance from the East Bay Regional Parks District helicopter shortly after 2 p.m. Firefighters were reporting diminished smoke and appeared to be making progress on the fire as of 2:45 p.m.
Residual smoke is traveling throughout Fremont, Union City and Newark.
Cal Fire reported that the fire had burned 150 acres and was 100 percent contained as of about 7 p.m.
