The fire broke out Thursday afternoon in the Jackson Triangle neighborhood, east of Highway 92 and Interstate 880.Aerial footage from above the scene showed flames shooting up through clusters of eucalyptus trees behind a house on Lucien Way around 11:30 a.m."It was really, really scary," said Lucy Niuatoa, whose backyard was adjacent to her neighbor's trees that caught on fire.
A big concern for firefighters was the strong wind that blew embers into four other places, causing spot fires in the neighborhood.One ember blew across the railroad tracks, sparking a small spot fire blocks away."When you get a tree that's that high, especially eucalyptus trees, they do put out a lot of embers, they burn pretty hot," Hayward Fire Captain Don Nichelson said.Fire investigators said there weren't any power lines nearby.