Probe of Brushfire is Ongoing
Sep 09, 2026 08:47AM ● By Keith Burbank
Firefighters with the Cosumnes Fire Department extinguish a fire Sept. 5, in the 900 block of South Lincoln Way. The cause of the fire was still under investigation Sept. 8. Photo by Paige Lampson
GALT, CA (MPG) - A fire here Sept. 5 burned a fraction of an acre along South Lincoln Way and was still under investigation Sept. 8, according to the Cosumnes Fire Department.
Firefighters responded at 4:55 p.m. to the 900 block of South Lincoln Way following a report of a motorcycle crash into a tree.
A tree and about 50 by 50 feet of brush burned near St. Christopher’s Catholic Church.
No one was injured, said Lantz Rey, fire marshal for Cosumnes Fire Department, which serves Galt and Elk Grove.
And no arrests have been made, Rey said. The investigation was expected to be completed Sept. 9, he said.
Four bikes, including a new e-bike, were destroyed by the fire, according to a GoFundMe page set up to raise money to replace the bikes.
More than $1,600 has been raised so far. The bikes were the property of four Galt teenagers, who chained them together before heading to a nearby creek, the GoFundMe page says.
The new e-bike was owned by the son of the fundraiser’s organizer, Bryan Causer. Donations will replace locks and helmets, too, according to the GoFundMe page.
A link to the fundraiser is gofundme.com/f/help-galt-kids-replace-bikes-lost-in-fire.
