A firefighter was injured Sunday while fighting a three-alarm fire at a lumber company building in Pittsburg that sent black smoke billowing over the area.
The firefighter was treated for smoke inhalation and taken to the hospital, according to a tweet from the Contra Costa County fire department.
The fire at the Piedmont Lumber Company building on Piedmont Way was burning actively at 2:30 p.m. The Contra Costa County fire department tweeted that it had “knocked down” the flames by 4:05 p.m. It said in the tweet posted just after 4 p.m. that Piedmont Way remained closed, but that firefighters had brought a related grass fire under control. The department said in a 5 p.m. tweet that crews were mopping up, and Piedmont Way was still closed.
How much damage occurred to the building was unclear as of Sunday evening.
The department had tweeted earlier that the public should avoid the area.
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