Photos: Group thanks firefighters battling the wildfires

PLEASANTON, CA - AUGUST 28: From left, Melissa Johnston, Brian Wu, and Tim Johnston, all of Dublin, and Annie June and her daughter Olive June, 8, of Pleasanton, hold signs as they thank Cal Fire firefighters outside the SCU Lightning Complex Basecamp located at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, Calif., on Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. The group, members of the Fremont and Hayward Resonate Church campuses, spent part of their week holding signs encouraging vehicles to show their support for the firefighters by honking. The group also cheered and waved to passing fire trucks entering and exiting the basecamp. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)
PLEASANTON, CA - AUGUST 28: Brian Wu, left, and Melissa Johnston, both of Dublin, hold signs thanking Cal Fire firefighters outside the SCU Lightning Complex Basecamp located at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, Calif., on Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. Both were part of a group from the Fremont and Hayward Resonate Church campuses, which spent part of the week holding signs encouraging vehicles to show their support of the firefighters by honking. The group also cheered and waved to passing fire trucks entering and exiting the basecamp. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)
PLEASANTON, CA - AUGUST 28: Tim Johnston, of Dublin, gives a thumbs-up to firefighters as he and others hold signs thanking firefighters outside the SCU Lightning Complex Basecamp located at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, Calif., on Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. Johnstohn was part of a group from the Fremont and Hayward Resonate Church campuses, which spent part of the week holding signs encouraging vehicles to show their support of the firefighters by honking. The group also cheered and waved to passing fire trucks entering and exiting the basecamp. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)
PLEASANTON, CA - AUGUST 28: An Orange County firefighter waves to a group holding signs thanking firefighters outside the SCU Lightning Complex Basecamp located at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, Calif., on Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. The group, from the Fremont and Hayward Resonate Church campuses, spent part of the week holding signs encouraging vehicles to show their support of the firefighters by honking. The group also cheered and waved to passing fire trucks entering and exiting the basecamp. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)
PLEASANTON, CA - AUGUST 28: Olive June, 8, of Pleasanton, holds a sign thanking Cal Fire firefighters outside the SCU Lightning Complex Basecamp located at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, Calif., on Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. Olive was with her mother and other members of the Fremont and Hayward Resonate Church campuses, who spent part of the week holding signs encouraging vehicles to show their support of the firefighters by honking. The group also cheered and waved to passing fire trucks entering and exiting the basecamp. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

By Doug Duran | dduran@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group

PUBLISHED: August 29, 2020 at 5:19 p.m. | UPDATED: August 31, 2020 at 5:37 a.m.

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Members of the Fremont and Hayward Resonate Church campuses stood at the intersection of Bernal Avenue and Valley Avenue holding signs encouraging vehicles to honk and support firefighters battling numerous California wildfires. The group also cheered and waved to passing fire trucks entering and exiting a base camp for firefighters located at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton. Throughout the week, the group has shown their support in the morning and again in the evening.

Cal Fire and other firefighters from out of state have been battling wildfires caused by lightning in Northern California. The Pleasanton base camp is located near the SCU Complex Fire that encompasses parts of Santa Clara County, Alameda County, Contra Costa County, San Joaquin County, Merced, and Stanislaus Counties. Currently, the SCU Complex Fire has burned 374,471 acres, making it the second-largest wildfire in California’s recorded history.