A brush fire flared up near BART's Warm Springs/South Fremont station yesterday, triggering major delays along the Berryessa line and tangling the evening ride home for East Bay commuters. Trains headed toward Berryessa, Richmond and Daly City were slowed or held while crews checked on the situation.
Brush fire near Warm Springs stalls trains
According to SFBARTalert on X, the disruption was tied to a brush fire close to the Warm Springs/South Fremont station in Fremont. BART lists the station at 45193 Warm Springs Blvd. The alert warned of major delays across the Berryessa line and did not offer any estimate for when normal service might be back on track.
There is a major delay on the Berryessa Line in the Berryessa, Richmond and Daly City directions due to a brush fire near Warm Springs Station.
— BART Alert (@SFBARTalert) June 20, 2026
Fire trouble is nothing new for BART
Blazes have knocked BART off schedule before. In May 2025, a fire at San Leandro damaged train control equipment and shut down large portions of the system, which meant replacement buses and a long, slow recovery, as reported by KQED. In February, an RV fire in a West Oakland encampment damaged fiber lines and caused hours of Transbay delays, according to NBC Bay Area.
How to track live BART updates
BART posts real-time alerts and station-specific departure details on its online Alerts and Advisories page and in the official app. The agency issues a service advisory when multiple trains are running at least 10 minutes late, per BART. Anyone caught in yesterday's slowdown should keep an eye on those feeds and build in extra travel time until service is fully restored.
This is a developing situation and details may change as BART pushes out new information. For now, riders on the affected lines should expect a longer, slower trip.
