Interstate 580 through the Altamont Pass in Alameda County remained snarled in both directions late Saturday afternoon following a 15-acre grass fire that burned close to the freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Firefighters from the Alameda County Fire Department were dispatched to reports of a grass fire burning alongside the eastbound lanes of I-580 in unincorporated Livermore, just east of the Altamont Pass summit and east of North Flynn Road near Comstock Road. When fire crews arrived just after 1:35 p.m., about four acres had already burned. Due to high winds and light, flashy fuels, the fire was able to move fast.