Bay Area News Group photographer Jose Carlos Fajardo chased vegetation fires suspected to be caused by illegal fireworks on the Fourth of July in Eastern Contra Costa County. Around 8:45 pm, he found a palm tree burning off Somersville Road in Antioch. Fajardo continued to find 12 vegetation fires over the course of three hours.
A Contra Costa firefighter extinguishes a hot spot at a vegetation fire by illegal fireworks on Somersville Road during the Fourth of July celebrations in Antioch...