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Fire engulfs home, displaces three in Emeryville
Three people were displaced Saturday morning by a house fire in Emeryville, fire officials said. The blaze was reported about 6:30 a.m. in the 1000 block of 47th Street...Read More
Crews extinguish multiple small fires at illegal dumping site near Oakland Coliseum
Firefighters extinguished multiple trash fires and a small structure fire Tuesday evening near the Oakland Coliseum. The vacant parking lot off 66th Avenue has been problematic for illegal dumping,...Read More
Two-structure residential fire displaces nine people in West Oakland
A two-alarm fire has displaced nine people in West Oakland Wednesday afternoon, fire officials said. The fire was reported at 2:18 p.m. at Eighth and Campbell streets. By 2:54...Read More
Separate Oakland fires break out in residential hotel unit, shed
A woman was displaced, and a shed burned in separate one-alarm fires in Oakland on Monday, fire officials said Tuesday. Late Monday morning, a fire was reported in a...Read More
Five people escape burning building in East Oakland
Five people escaped unharmed from a burning building Tuesday morning in East Oakland, a fire official said. The fire was reported at 6:06 a.m. behind a separate structure at...Read More
About 2,000 marijuana plants go up in smoke at East Oakland warehouse
An electrical problem sparked a blaze Tuesday morning at an East Oakland warehouse, fire officials said. There were about 2,000 plants in the single-story building, at 829 54th Ave.,...Read More
Oakland firefighters contain blaze in red-tagged building
A red-tagged building burned in a one-alarm fire Saturday morning near Kaiser Permanente Oakland. The blaze at the building on 38th Street between Broadway and Manila Street, was reported...Read More
Officials say ‘overloaded generator’ caused structure fire in Oakland hills
The Oakland hills fire that erupted Tuesday morning is now under control, according to fire officials just before 11:30 a.m. Firefighters from Oakland, Fremont, Hayward and Alameda County departments...Read More
Oakland hills fire ‘largely confined’ to two structures
Two structures and some vegetation is on fire Tuesday morning in the Oakland hills, fire officials said. Fire officials said the blaze is largely confined to the structures. The...Read More
Crews contain five-alarm Oakland Chinatown building fire
Fire officials said a fifth alarm commercial building fire Wednesday morning in Oakland’s Chinatown has been contained as of 10:10 a.m. An alert was issued at 8:40 a.m. for...Read More
Man dies after crashing into parked vehicle
A man died in a fatal crash shortly after midnight Saturday in Oakland, police said. Oakland police and firefighters responded to a vehicle crash on the 1300 block of...Read More
Schaaf says Oakland vandalism ‘agitators’ play into Trump’s ‘twisted campaign strategy’
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf chastised people who attended a protest over the weekend for vandalizing a police station and attempting to set the Rene C. Davidson Courthouse on fire....Read More
Roof collapses in Oakland structure blaze, firefighter suffers injuries
One firefighter was injured and nine people were displaced as a result of a two-alarm fire in Oakland early Tuesday morning, a fire battalion chief said. The fire was...Read More
Strike team joins effort to battle 2,000-acre Crews Fire
The Crews Fire burning east of Gilroy in rural Santa Clara County has burned an estimated 2,000 acres and is 20 percent controlled as of Monday morning, according to...Read More
Video surfaces of crowd blocking fire engine in route to medical emergency
On a July 4 night when firefighters from Oakland and almost everywhere else in the Bay Area had to contend with a dizzying rash of vegetation fires and other...Read More
Crews control Oakland brushfire near site another 2.5-acre blaze last weekend
Multiple units contained a brushfire Friday afternoon at Mountain Boulevard and Fontaine Court next to Interstate Highway 580, the Oakland Fire Department said. The cause of the fire, reported...Read More
Fire crew keeps wildland fire from spreading to elementary school
A two-alarm wildland fire in the vicinity of Knowland Park Open Space in East Oakland has been extinguished, according to a fire spokesman. Oakland Fire Department spokesman Michael Hunt...Read More
Oakland firefighters battle three-story house blaze
Oakland firefighters as of 5:45 p.m. Sunday are battling a house fire in the 1400 block of Mountain Boulevard, between the Montclair and Glen Highlands neighborhoods just east of...Read More
Apartment complex fire displaces eight people near Lake Merritt
A fire at an apartment building north of Lake Merritt in Oakland on Tuesday morning left eight people displaced, a fire spokesman said. The blaze was reported at 7:53...Read More
Update: Police peacefully resolve Oakland standoff with armed occupants of crashed car
Update: Oakland police said via Twitter that the standoff was peacefully resolved at 9:49 a.m. after several hours. Police detained two people, who were given medical treatment, and a...Read More