34 residents displaced in four-alarm Oakland fire

Bay City News
Thursday, August 21, 2014
34 residents displaced by 4-alarm fire in Oakland
A four-alarm fire in two buildings in Oakland on International Boulevard has displaced 34 residents.

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Firefighters have contained a four-alarm fire in Oakland that began Wednesday evening, according to Oakland fire officials. There are 34 residents that have been displaced from the blaze.

The blaze was first called in at 10:48 p.m. near 23rd Street and International Boulevard, a fire dispatcher said.

The fire began outdoors in the rear of a two-story residential building and soon spread to another nearby two-story building and took down nearby power lines, officials said.

The fire was contained at 1:09 a.m. this morning, according to fire dispatchers.

No injuries have been reported.

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