By Nia Towne
Updated June 3, 8:41 a.m.
One home was destroyed and two firefighters were injured in a wildfire burning southwest of Tracy on Saturday, according to CalFire.
As of 6 p.m. Sunday, all evacuations were downgraded to warnings for the fire now called the Corral Fire. San Joaquin County is updating an evacuation map.
Cal Fire reports state the fire has grown to 14,168 acres and is 75% contained, as of 7 a.m. Monday.
According to CalFire Incident Maps of the Corral Fire, the fire began in the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory site at Corral Hollow Road southwest of Tracy.
Portions of Interstate 580 were closed as a result of the fire, but Caltrans said all lanes were open as of 8 p.m.
Evacuation Orders
Multiple evacuation orders were issued by the San Joaquin County Office of Emergency Services, but were downgraded to warnings at 6 p.m. on Sunday The orders encompassed regions west of the California Aqueduct, south of Corral Hollow Creek, extending to Alameda County in the west and Stanislaus County in the south.
A temporary evacuation center has been established at the Larch Clover Community Center, situated at 11157 W Larch Road in Tracy.
As of Sunday morning, the Tracy Hills neighborhood north of Corral Hollow Road remained unaffected by evacuation orders. The Tracy Police Department reported that precautionary back burns were conducted near this area on Sunday night.
No evacuations are in place for those within Tracy city limits, according to the Tracy Police Department.
Home destroyed by fire
CalFire Battalion Chief Josh Silveira said Sunday afternoon the fire “burned right up the homes” in the area and destroyed one house.
The wildfire presented no threat to any laboratory facilities or operations and had moved away from the site, Lawrence Livermore spokesperson Paul Rhien said in a statement to The Associated Press early Sunday.
Silviera says firefighting crews made significant strides overnight thanks to favorable wind patterns. CalFire has 400 firefighters assigned to the fire and air support units will be actively combating the blaze.
The National Weather Service said “dangerously hot conditions” with highs of 103 F to 108 F were expected later in the week for the San Joaquin Valley. Wind gusts of up to 45 mph lashed the region Saturday night, according to meteorologist Idamis Shoemaker of the weather service in Sacramento.
Firefighters Injured
Two firefighters suffered minor to moderate burns on Saturday and were expected to make a full recovery, Silveira said.
The cause of the fire is currently under investigation.
The Associated Press contributed to this report
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