Grass fire in Fremont burns at least 12 acres

FREMONT — A grass fire that started late Sunday night in the Niles area that burned more than a dozen acres  and forced some evacuations, was brought under control early Monday, officials said.

Police said they were investigating a report that the fire resulted from an altercation between transients living in the area.

The fire was reported about 10 p.m. Sunday east of Mission Boulevard in the area of Nichols Avenue and Blaisdell Way.

Police said a small number of residents  in the 36000 block of Mission were evacuated as a precaution.

Fremont firefighters confined the blaze to at about 12 acres and had it under control at 12:53 a.m. Monday.

No injuries were reported.

Fremont police spokeswoman Geneva Bosques said transients in the area are believed to have gotten into an altercation which resulted in the fire and at least one fled before police arrived.

Earlier Sunday, a Pittsburg roofing supply company was destroyed in a three-alarm fire officials said started at a nearby  homeless camp and spread to the property.

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