Staff Report The Benicia Fire Department battled an intense vegetation fire for nearly two hours Thursday evening before it was finally under control. At approximately 6:43 p.m., the Fire Department received reports of a vegetation fire in the area of Eastbound Interstate 780 between Glen Cove and Columbus Parkway, according to a news release by […]
Benicia FD puts out grass fire off Lake Herman Road
The Benicia Fire Department extinguished a two-alarm grass fire that burned 10 to 12 acres near Lake Herman Road on Friday. At approximately 3 p.m., the Benicia Fire Department had responded to a grass fire on Lake Herman near the city limits. No injuries or damage to structures was reported. The Fire Department also […]
Benicia provides assistance during Vallejo fire Thursday
The Benicia Fire Department was one of several agencies helping to contain a four-alarm vegetation fire that broke out in Vallejo’s Glen Cove neighborhood on Thursday afternoon. At around 12:45 p.m., Vallejo’s Communications Center received reports of a vehicle that had become engulfed in flames on Eastbound Interstate 80 just west of Sonoma Boulevard. The […]
Firefighters converge on Benicia’s downtown, close shops amid search for source of smoke
Smoke at The Chill, a First Street wine and beer bar, prompted fire crews from Benicia and Vallejo to evacuate businesses in the immediate area as they searched for a source. “Yes there was a reported fire,” Benicia Fire Department Chief Jim Lydon said just before 2 p.m. Monday. “We located smoke in the Chill, […]
Fire blazes on I-780; roadside burns
A vehicle fire reported about 11:43 a.m. Wednesday destroyed a passenger car aboard a commercial tow vehicle and ignited dry vegetation on the right side of East Interstate 780 between the Southampton Road and East Second Street exit ramps, Fire Division Chief K.C. Smith said. The fire forced a shutdown of the east lanes of […]
Attic fire damages West J St. home
A fire near an attic ventilation fan damaged a home at 384 West J St. Wednesday night, Benicia Fire Chief Jim Lydon said. No one was injured.
City: Cut weeds, cut fire danger
Benicians can clear their property of weeds, branches and other plant matter and take it to the city’s Corporation Yard at no cost Saturday and Sunday, Benicia Fire Chief Jim Lydon said. The citywide Green Waste and Weed Abatement Cleanup Program is a collaboration of Benicia Fire Department and Republic Services, the company that picks […]
Blaze in Benicia: Fire guts home on West K Street; none injured
A two-alarm fire of undetermined origin damaged a home on the 1200 block of West K Street Saturday afternoon. The family, who was at home at the time, escaped but reported a pet still is missing, Benicia fire Chief Jim Lydon said. The pet is a small dog, he said. Investigation of the fire’s cause […]
Fire guts West K Street home
A TWO-ALARM FIRE ON THE 1200 BLOCK OF WEST K STREET destroyed a home Saturday evening, lifting huge plumes of smoke into the air that were visible for miles. The residents were able to get to safety, according to a Benicia Fire Department news release, and are staying with friends. A pet is reportedly missing.
4 dogs perish in house fire on Carlisle Way
Four dogs died in a house fire Wednesday morning at 114 Carlisle Way, Benicia Fire Chief Jim Lydon said. The department began receiving calls about the fire about 9 a.m., including one from the home’s occupant, Lydon said. Trucks from both Benicia and Vallejo fire departments were dispatched, and before they arrived firefighters could see […]