Robert Marshall

The approximately 250 people who were evacuated from their apartments after a massive fire Tuesday at a construction site in Concord next to their building can return home Friday afternoon, fire officials said.

Officials demolished parts of the under-construction apartment building in Concord Thursday morning after massive flames burned down the 180-unit apartment building early Tuesday. Several streets in the downtown Concord area that were closed due to the fire have also been opened back up, according to the city’s spokesperson.

A national response team with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on Wednesday is slated to help look into what sparked a three-alarm inferno at an under-construction apartment building in Concord early Tuesday. “We look forward to everyone in the city working together, and that’s our name: Concord. We live in concordance with one another. We look...

Towering flames ripped through an under-construction apartment building in Concord early Tuesday, resulting in 250 people being displaced from their nearby apartment complex and two people suffering from minor smoke inhalation, according to fire officials.

A one-alarm fire broke out early Monday morning at the same condominium complex in Martinez where a two-alarm blaze broke out Sunday morning, according to Contra Costa County Fire Protection District officials.

A woman died in a fire in a condominium building Saturday morning in Martinez, a fire marshal for the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District said.

A 37-year-old man has been arrested in connection to a series of arson incidents in Antioch, officials said Thursday.

A series of fires ignited within blocks of each other in Antioch late Thursday, prompting officials to launch arson investigations, according to a fire official.

Fire officials in Contra Costa County are asking for the public’s help to find out who started five suspicious vegetation fires Sunday in Antioch, a fire spokeswoman said Monday.

Sky-high flames early Thursday decimated a Lafayette building that housed multiple businesses, including the Chamber of Commerce.

A judge on Thursday set bail at $1.5 million for the 36-year-old man arrested on suspicion of lighting a series of vehicle fires across Contra Costa County.

Authorities on Wednesday identified the 36-year-old suspect arrested in connection to a series of suspicious vehicle fires in Contra Costa County as James Bishop III.

Authorities on Monday may release the name of a 36-year-old suspect who faces 43 different arson charges for his alleged role in a series of suspicious vehicle fires reported recently in Contra Costa County.

A 36-year-old suspect faces 43 different arson charges for his alleged role in series of suspicious vehicle fires reported recently in Contra Costa County, officials said Saturday.

A hazardous materials crew was investigating a mercury spill in Antioch on Monday night, Contra Costa County health officials said.

A large fire at an electrical substation at the Walnut Creek BART Station Saturday evening temporarily knocked out commuter service between the Rockridge and Pleasant Hill stations, according to BART and fire officials.

A fire at a Concord apartment complex damaged eight units Monday afternoon and sent one young girl to the hospital with minor smoke inhalation injuries.

Two people were rescued Monday afternoon after a two-alarm blaze engulfed two units at an apartment complex in Concord, fire officials said.

No one was injured in a fire Friday afternoon at a hospital in Martinez that prompted the evacuation of several hundred people, a fire marshal with the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District said.

Crews have successfully contained and cleaned up a small radioactive material spill that forced the evacuation of several apartments next to a construction site in Antioch Thursday morning, according to Contra Costa County fire officials.