Firefighters Make Short Work of Third Brush Fire in 3 Days

By AUTUMN JOHNSON

A fire in the area of Arroyo Mocho and Creek Drive late Sunday night was contained about 15 minutes after fire crews arrived, fire officials said.

Fire officials did not list a cause for the fire in the brush area behind Creek Drive in Livermore.

Fire personnel were busy in Livermore last weekend. 

On Saturday night, a mylar balloon is believed to have caused a fire near Kalthoff Cmn.

[Related article: Mylar Balloon Believed to be Cause of Brush Fire in Livermore]

Another 3-alarm grass fire was quickly contained near Granada High School on Sunday.

[Related article: Firefighters Knock Down Fire in Creek Near Granada High]

On Saturday afternoon, fire crews also responded to a crash after a car backed over a retaining wall into an occupied apartment on Paseo Laguna Secco.

Read the story: 3 Displaced After Car Backs Over Wall, Crashes into Bedroom

Nearby in Sunol, fire personnel were called to help with a fatal collision on Highway 84 Saturday evening.

[Related article: Officials ID Livermore Man Killed in Big-Rig Crash on Highway 84]

On Friday night in Pleasanton, firefighters responded to a train fatality that appears to have been a suicide.

[Related article: Officials Investigating Fatal Train Collision Involving 'Trespasser on Tracks' in Pleasanton]

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