Sunol Area Fires Explode To 850 Acres; Evacuations Ordered

Editor's note: Please find Monday's story on the Sunol fires here.

SUNOL, CA — A series of fires that were reported at 1:30 Sunday afternoon have exploded to 850 acres total by 6 p.m., and about 10 homes have been ordered to evacuate, the Alameda County Fire Department said.

The homes evacuated are on Welch Creek Road, about four miles southeast of Sunol and about a mile north of the popular Little Yosemite Trail.

The fire has been dubbed the Marsh Creek Complex, and is near Calaveras Reservoir.

In addition to Alameda County Fire, crews from Cal Fire and from the Oakland, Fremont and Livermore-Pleasanton departments have been fighting the blazes.

There is no containment.

Calaveras Road is closed in the Milpitas foothills at Felter Road, to keep people away from the fire.

Earlier in the day, fire crews extinguished a 50-acre brush fire in Livermore and several fires are burning in the area of Morgan Territory and Marsh Creek roads near Mt. Diablo State Park in unincorporated Contra Costa County.

Thick smoke from the fires blanketed much of the East Bay.

This is a developing story. Refresh the page for updates.

— Patch editors Autumn Johnson and Bea Karnes, and Bay City News contributed to this story

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