Brush fire near Interstate 680 in Benicia caused temporary closures

Brush fire near Interstate 680 in Benicia caused temporary closures

By Jose Fabian A brush fire near Interstate 680 in Benicia led to a partial shutdown of the highway for part of Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. The Benicia Fire Department said crews began fighting the fire around 1:30 p.m., near northbound I-680, north of Industrial Way. The Industrial Way on-ramp was then shut down by the California Highway Patrol. By 2:30 p.m., crews had upgraded the fire to a four-alarm and requested help from the Sui…

UPDATE: Firefighters Battling Two-Alarm Vegetation Fire In Benicia

A fire Wednesday afternoon in the area of Interstate Highway 680 and an industrial park in Benicia prompted the evacuation of several buildings, according to fire officials. The four-alarm blaze was reported shortly before 1:30 p.m. as a vegetation fire along the northbound side of I-680 near Benicia Industrial Park, said Benicia Fire Department spokesperson Della Olm. The fire’s forward progress was halted just after 3:30 p.m. The 3,000-acre in…