{"id":473716,"date":"2026-09-24T02:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T02:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/473716\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T02:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T02:08:09","slug":"fire-in-san-jose-santa-clara-residents-complain-of-smoke-too-as-angel-island-vegetation-burn-impacts-bay-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/473716\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire in San Jose? Santa Clara residents complain of smoke too as Angel Island vegetation burn impacts Bay Area"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Jose and Santa Clara residents feared there was a fire<\/a> on September 23. This came amid heavy smoke in the San Francisco Bay Area, California<\/a>. The smoke is due to a prescribed vegetation burn on Angel Island<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"SmokeSmoke from a prescribed vegetation burn led to fears of a fire in San Jose and Santa Clara. Image for representational purposes. (Unsplash)<\/p>\n

At the time of writing, there are no reports of active blazes in either San Jose or Santa Clara. The former is about 53 miles away from Angel Island while Santa Clara is about 4-5 miles away from San Jose.<\/p>\n

San Jose and Santa Clara residents complain of smoke<\/p>\n

Several news outlets took note of the smoke in the Bay Area amid the prescribed vegetation burn.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor anyone smelling smoke today, it is from the prescribed vegetation burn on Angel Island that resumed today after a two-week pause. The preventative operation by CAL FIRE and Marin County Fire has caused visible smoke and campfire odors across San Francisco and the East Bay. The prescribed burn is expected to run into tomorrow. The operation is expected to burn some 260-acres overall. Angel Island is the largest island in San Francisco Bay at one square mile and is visible from many surrounding Bay Area communities. Many Bay Area residents are likely to see smoke from the burns from 9 AM to 6 PM,\u201d a local news channel noted<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The San Francisco Chronicle added<\/a> \u201cThat smoky smell hanging over parts of the Bay Area isn\u2019t a new wildfire. It is coming from Angel Island, where fire crews resumed a prescribed burn.\u201d<\/p>\n

Angel Island burn sparks fears of fire<\/p>\n

Though the vegetation burn on Angel Island was prescribed, the smell of the smoke led to fears among locals.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomething\u2019s on fire,\u201d one wrote<\/a>, adding, \u201cYea it\u2019s really BAD in the Richmond area.\u201d Another said \u201cYea…we smelled it up here in hilltop and in El Sobrante! And it was Smokey a lil bit.\u201d Yet another remarked \u201cIt smells bad here at Downtown Oakland.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, many pointed out that it was coming from Angel Island. \u201cYes, I believe the smell is coming from the burn on Angel Island. It\u2019s pretty bad. I just had to shut all my windows because the smell is so strong,\u201d one said.<\/p>\n

Angel Island prescribed burns notice<\/p>\n

A notice was issued by California State Parks about the prescribed burn on Angel Island. \u201cPrescribed Burn at Angel Island State Park to Continue as Early as Sept. 23. After pausing of the September 8th prescribed burn at Angel Island Island State Park, California State Parks, in partnership with CAL FIRE and the Marin County Fire Department, plan to continue the prescribed burn as early as Wednesday, Sept. 23 to Thursday, Sept. 24,\u201d it read<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cCommunity members should refrain from calling 911 to report smoke from Angel Island to avoid overwhelming emergency dispatchers. Prescribed burns conducted in State Parks promote habitat improvement and reduce fuel loads that have accumulated in the absence of historically frequent, low-intensity fires. All burning is dependent upon wildfire activity, resource availability, weather conditions, predicted smoke movement and fuel moisture. If conditions are not conducive, the burn will be rescheduled,\u201d the notice added.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrail Closures at Angel Island State Park: Ida Trail, Sunset Trail, the fire road and Perimeter Road may be closed on and immediately following burn days. For more updates keep checking Angel Island State Park social media and the park webpage or use the Watch Duty app to see burn operations updates,\u201d the statement also noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Jose and Santa Clara residents feared there was a fire on September 23. This came amid heavy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":473717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[186308,111516,88,16700,16703,90,89,186307,186306],"class_list":["post-473716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-angel-island-fire-san-jose-smoke","tag-fire-near-me","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-fire","tag-san-jose-fire-today","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-whats-on-fire","tag-santa-clara-fire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}