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Fire crews are battling a wildland fire in the Altamont area of unincorporated Livermore. The flames ignited after 5:30 p.m. Thursday off Tesla Road in the area of Corral Hollow Road, according to Cal Fire.
The blaze initially spread rapidly before firefighters with an aggressive attack on all flanks managed to significantly slow forward progress by 7:30 p.m.
At about 7:30 a.m. Friday, Cal Fire tweeted that the blaze dubbed the "Tesla" fire stood at 552 acres with 50% containment.
Toward the other end of the Tri-Valley, evacuation orders were lifted Thursday evening, allowing Pleasanton residents living near Golden Eagle Way to return home, as firefighters began to gain control of the wildland fire on Pleasanton Ridge, according to Cal Fire.
The fire, which broke out around 2:10 p.m. on the Ridge as a reported structure/vegetation fire in the Sunol area and threatened homes on the west side of Pleasanton, reached 71 acres with crews achieving 10% containment by about 8:45 p.m., Cal Fire said on Twitter. Crews had stopped forward progress on the "Canyon" fire incident around 4:30 p.m.
"Firefighters will remain at scene through the night continuing to work towards full containment," Cal Fire stated.
The headway by firefighters allowed emergency officials in the evening to lift the evacuation orders that had been issued around 2:45 p.m. for Foothill Road between Bernal Avenue and Castlewood Drive. The Pleasanton Public Library in downtown had been designated as a shelter area for evacuees.
The Alameda County Sheriff's Office reported just after 10:30 p.m. that Foothill Road had fully reopened to traffic in the area.
By Friday morning, the Canyon fire stood at 71 acres with 20% containment, according to Cal Fire.
Editor's note: Livermore Vine editor Cierra Bailey and Pleasanton Weekly reporter Christian Trujano contributed to this story.
