CA fire season officially in full swing as 2 grass fires break out in Bay Area
SAN RAMON, Calif. (KGO) -- Cal Fire fought a grass fire in San Ramon from the sky - dropping retardant and buckets of water, as quickly as possible.
The fire was moving dangerously close to Tammi Nielsen's home.
"It was coming so fast, I so I went to the neighbors they had some little kids and just told them to get in the car and get out."
Though evacuations weren't necessary - people were scared.
This is the third fire in this same open space, during the same time of year, in a decade.
But having enough defensible space, plenty of personnel on hand, and the weather helped.
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Battalion Chief Dan McNamara from San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District said, "Weather was on our side today another couple of days this could have been a different story."
Temperatures will rise to triple digits in some areas in the coming days.
But there is also a general sense of anxiety for many living in the Bay Area.
In Greenbrae, on Vista Grande, a small two-acre fire forced evacuations for a short time.
Cyrus Alavi was evacuated and said, "It made me feel scared about our house burning down similar to the Santa Rosa fire I don't anything tragic like that to happen."
As of Monday, Cal Fire upped and maxed out staffing levels statewide.
