A new fire was reported in Tracy, the California city on Monday, July 20. The blaze was reportedly in Western Tracy, near the spot where the Medline warehouse fire had broken out.
Event Context
A local page noted “Another fire is starting up in Western Tracy, not far from the med line warehouse.” They shared a photo where smoke was seen from a distance.
Another local page shared a photo of the smoke and wrote “Another fire in Tracy in the area of Med Line. Speaking of which, is anyone else keep seeing white residue on their cars and property?”
One picture showed the fire raging with a car parked in the foreground.
A video taken by a person driving also offered a glimpse of the Tracy fire today.
Team Analysis
One person shared a photo from inside their car.
Another wrote “I was wondering what was on fire too. Near the 11 St exit on 205.”
Several people also reacted to the news of the blaze. “It’s on the Promontory Pkwy, just got a notification on my watch app a few minutes ago and I live in mountain house,” one wrote. Another added “Saw it from the 99 in Manteca.”
Yet another remarked “Where is this. Very sad. Prayers for everyone involved.” One local also wrote “Vegetation fire near where medline was.”
Match Outlook
A user on X also shared a photo of the dense smoke, saying “There’s another fire in Tracy and it’s directly next to where the warehouse burned down.”
The smoke actually came from the Promontory Fire which broke out in the area of Promontory Parkway, in Tracy, in San Joaquin County. The forward progress of the grass fire has now been stopped as per WatchDuty, which tracks active fire outbreaks across the US.
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The Medline warehouse fire, which had broken out on June 11 at the Promontory Parkway, just east of Hansen Road had forced evacuations and led to firefighters battling the blaze for days.
Several people shared photos and videos of the Tracy fire from today.
One picture taken from the road showed dense smoke rising.
A few others photos confirmed it was indeed a bush fire which had led to the smoke.
