Crime & Safety
Smoke in Sky Over Dublin Likely From Fire in Yolo County
A fire in Winters, Calif. is blowing smoke into the Tri-Valley and leaving a foul smell in the air.
Smoky skies over Dublin, Pleasanton and Livermore are making for a hazy Friday.
Livermore Patch Facebook readers are describing the smell in Livermore this morning as stale cigarettes or burning garbage.
The smell is actually smoke from a hay fire near Winters, Calif. that has ended up in Tri-Valley due to the "strange weather," said Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department Battalion Chief Joe Testa.
"We received a call from a school this morning about an odor," Testa said.
The call, made by nearby Leo Croce Elementary School was made at 7:44 a.m.
The City of Livermore confirmed the fire and added that the smell is from a major fire in a hay storage yard in Yolo County near Vacaville along Interstate 505.
The Pleasanton Police Department sent out a Nixle Alert at 2:41 p.m. about the smoke:
Advisory: Major fire at a hay storage yard in Yolo County impacting Pleasanton air quality. North winds blowing smoke our way.
Brace yourself, Dublin. According to the city, the fire may last two days.
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