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Contra Costa County hazardous material chief says NuStar did not notify them of the tank explosion and fire at the fuel storage facility in Crockett — it was the media who alerted them.

Contra Costa County’s hazardous materials chief says NuStar didn’t notify them of the disaster — it was the media who alerted them. Jodi Hernandez reports.

A house in central Concord suffered significant damage Saturday afternoon in a fire believed to have been started by a propane tank fueling an outdoor grill, a Contra Costa County Fire Protection District spokesman said.

The Bay Area will be hit with scorching temps this weekend and potential dry lightning storms.

The Bay Area will be hit with scorching temps this weekend and potential dry lightning storms. Ali Wolf and Jeff Ranieri report.

Fire crews contained a brush fire that burned west of Martinez on Friday afternoon which burned to 24 acres but did not damage any homes or other structures. It was one of 38 fires in Contra Costa County in 24 hours.

Firefighters battled 38 fires that burned in Contra Costa County in a 24 hour period Friday. Ali Wolf reports.

Contra Costa Fire Protection District and Cal Fire crews battled a 3-to-5 acre brush fire near Martinez early Thursday morning, according to fire dispatch.

Contra Costa Fire Protection District and Cal Fire crews battled a 3-to-5 acre brush fire near Martinez early Thursday morning, according to fire dispatch. Bob Redell reports.

The opening of an East Bay fire station that was originally scheduled for May 1 has been delayed until Aug. 1, according to the Contra Costa Fire District.

The opening of an East Bay fire station that was originally scheduled for May 1 has been delayed until Aug. 1, according to the Contra Costa Fire District. Cheryl Hurd reports.

A three-alarm fire that damaged a roofing supply company in Pittsburg on Sunday afternoon originated in an adjacent homeless encampment, according to a fire spokesman.

Firefighters on Sunday knocked down a blaze that burned at a Pittsburg roofing business and sent a towering plume of black smoke into the air above Highway 4.

Firefighters on Sunday knocked down a blaze that burned at a Pittsburg roofing business and sent a towering plume of black smoke into the air above Highway 4. Marianne Favro reports.

Contra Costa County firefighters are on the hunt for properties that didn’t clear out the dead brush that can be a fire magnet as the deadline to create that “defensible space” was last weekend.

A grass fire in Pittsburg Friday evening shows that conditions are ripe for wildfires, a county fire spokesman said.

Fire crews were working late Tuesday evening to extinguish a stubborn kitchen fire in a high-end restaurant in Lafayette, county fire officials said.

On his last day on the job Wednesday, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Chief Jeff Carman was on his way to a meeting in Antioch when he heard the report of a fire on Highgate Way in Pittsburg.

A 61-year-old man has died following a one-alarm fire at a home in El Sobrante in unincorporated Contra Costa County early Sunday morning, according to Contra Costa County Fire Protection District officials.

A fire damaged a home and destroyed several vehicles in Antioch on Tuesday morning while causing minor injuries to a firefighter, a Contra Costa County Fire Protection District spokesman said.