BART track fire stops trains between Concord, Pleasant Hill stations

CONCORD – BART has stopped service between two East Bay stations after a trackway fire, authorities said Wednesday night.

BART officials began tweeting about the incident just before 7:15 pm, and stopped service between the Concord and Pleasant Hill stations on its Antioch line in the Antioch and San Francisco International Airport station directions.

A few minutes earlier, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District firefighters were reportedly responding to a fire at Crawford and Mesa streets, about a quarter-mile south of the Concord BART station.

There were no immediately reported injuries, and a cause of the fire was not immediately available.

Mutual-aid service is available through County Connection’s Nos. 11, 14 and 15 buses between both stations.

Check back for updates.

BART service has stopped between Concord and Pleasant Hill on the Antioch Line in the Antioch and SFO directions due to an fire on the track. BART has mutual aid on Contra Costa County Connection bus # 14 between both stations.

– SFBARTalert (@SFBARTalert) December 31, 2020

Update: the fire department has extinguished the fire. Crews are now doing inspections. https://t.co/XTmC3ifbMr

– SFBART (@SFBART) December 31, 2020

Contact George Kelly at 408-859-5180.