The wind-driven Corral Fire hopscotched across I-580 in several spots overnight, keeping the firefighters busy holding the flames back from nearby neighborhoods south of Tracy. The fire had burned more than 12,500 acres as of Sunday morning.
The wind-driven Corral Fire hopscotched across I-580 in several spots overnight, keeping firefighters busy holding the flames back from nearby neighborhoods south of Tracy.The fire had burned more than 12,500 acres as of Sunday morning, after flames erupted east of Livermore and south of Tracy around 2:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon, according to CalFire. The fire briefly jumped I-580, which remains shut down in both directions, at Corral Hollow Road and S. Chrisman Road, but were contained quickly.
Evacuation orders are in effect for areas west of the California Aqueduct, and south of Corral Hollow Creek. In addition, those people living west in Alameda County and south of the fire in Stanislaus County were also told to leave.An evacuation center was set up at the Larch Clover Community Center at 11157 W Larch Road in Tracy.
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