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Cal Fire, the Alameda County Fire Department, and Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, all said Monday afternoon the Corral Fire near Tracy that prompted evacuations last weekend was not connected to a controlled burn Alameda County conducted near a lab facility near Tracy on Friday.
A Cal Fire spokesperson said Monday morning that one home was destroyed, near the Tracy Golf and Country Club, off Chrisman Road. There were no injuries near the home.
Cal Fire’s last update Monday said the fire, located south of Corral Hollow and west of Highway 580 in western San Joaquin County, was 75 percent contained and burned 14,168 acres.
Two firefighters suffered minor to moderate burn injuries and were transported to local hospitals. One firefighter was released from the hospital and the other firefighter is still in the hospital recovering with non-life-threatening injuries, Alameda County Fire said Monday afternoon.
The fire started at approximately 2:30 p.m. Saturday, east of Lawrence Livermore Laboratory’s Site 300 in San Joaquin County. Evacuations were mandated in areas of Tracy as the fire reached 14,000 acres by Sunday afternoon.
The evacuation was reduced to a warning by 6 p.m. Sunday, which was set to cancel at 6 p.m. Monday.
The fire closed part of Interstate 580, between Highway 5 and Highway 205, until Sunday evening. There were approximately 400 firefighters at the scene Monday.
Officials said Monday the fire wasn’t related to Friday’s prescribed burn, which spokespeople from Alameda County Fire and Lawrence Livermore Laboratory said was extinguished by 3 p.m. Friday.
An investigation into the fire’s origin was already underway Monday, Cal Fire said.
