Anyone who spotted thick smoke in the sky on Thursday afternoon is not alone.

ABC 7 Information controls the scenic fireplace, the canyon chimney, the Benicia chimney, the Timm chimney, and the Edgewood fireplace.

Here’s what we learned from a number of wildfires in or near Port Costa, Crockett, Sunol, Pleasanton, Benicia, Vacaville and San Mateo County.

Authorities in the East Bay have issued a high-voltage alert for Port Costa following a rapidly spreading wildfire burning dangerously close to homes.

Firefighters will remain in place up to Thursday evening to bring the blaze fully under control.

PG & E’s incident report filed with the California Public Utilities Commission says PG & E equipment had been collected about half a mile from where the fire broke out, and that emergency vehicles had been set at the same location for the entire day.

CAL Fire says the 20-acre Edgewood fire in San Mateo County is now 90 percent contained, and it is burning well into the weekend.

CAL Fire says crews are responding to a wildfire that erupted near Tesla Highway and Corral Hole Highway in a remote area of Alameda County, 11 miles southeast of Livermore.

Tubbs Fire

The Tubbs Fire was a wildfire in Northern California during October 2017. At the time, the Tubbs Fire was the most destructive wildfire in California history, burning parts of Napa, Sonoma, (wikipedia)

Camp Fire (2018)

The Camp Fire was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California’s history, and the most expensive natural disaster in the world in 2018 in terms of insured losses. (wikipedia)

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