LIVERMORE — A fire that began on a big rig spread to a hillside near the Altamont Pass early Friday and forced an hourslong ...

The fire then spread to the vegetation, leading to heavy smoke in the area. Officials have shut down all westbound traffic on ...

A vehicle fire is causing traffic backups Friday morning in Alameda County near Altamont, Caltrans traffic cameras show.

Westbound Interstate 580 at the Altamont Pass reopened Friday, hours after an big-rig fire led to a closure of the freeway for nearly the entire morning commute.

A big rig hauling almonds caught fire and caused traffic backups Friday morning in Alameda County near Altamont, ...

An 18-wheeler caught fire Friday morning on Interstate 580, igniting a vegetation fire and forcing a full closure of the ...

All lanes on westbound Interstate 580 at the Altamont Pass are blocked Friday morning after due to a vehicle fire.

California Highway Patrol was dispatched around 6:17 a.m. westbound Interstate 580 at the off-ramp for Corral Hollow Road.

The crash left almonds from the truck strewn across the highway, and heavy smoke has made travel through the Altamont Pass hazardous. California Highway Patrol issued a hard closu ...

California Highway Patrol officers shut down westbound lanes of I-580 at Grant Line Road as crews worked to contain both the vehicle and vegetation fires. No estimate was immediately given on when the ...

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