OAKLAND — Firefighters knocked down the fourth hearth Monday inside a three-week stretch alongside Interstate 580 lanes in East Oakland, with the trigger nonetheless beneath investigation, authorities mentioned.
Round 11:40 a.m., eight firefighters aboard two engines responded to a name from a resident within the 3300 block of Octavia Road a few vegetation hearth, Oakland Fireplace Division spokesman Michael Hunt mentioned.
When firefighters arrived, they discovered a 20 foot-by-20 foot patch of burning brush simply over a fenceline alongside eastbound I-580 lanes east of thirty fifth Avenue, and known as out for 2 extra engines.
“The comb was very thick there, and crews had a tough time getting sufficient water on it quick sufficient,” Hunt mentioned.
Firefighters contained the blaze inside quarter-hour, with no reported accidents or injury to any close by buildings.
An arson investigation additionally responded to the scene, which was straight throughout the freeway from the scene of Sept. 16’s four-alarm hearth that unfold to 4 properties and displaced a minimum of 10 residents, however discovered no clear indicators of a trigger Monday afternoon, Hunt mentioned.
Throughout the final week, Caltrans crews have managed to clear massive quantities of brush alongside the freeway’s westbound lanes between thirty fifth and thirty eighth avenues, near the scenes of the Sept. 16 hearth, and never removed from earlier fires Sept. 20 that Oakland hearth investigators decided appeared to have been deliberately set. A Sept. 26’s car-fire-ignited blaze occurred additional away close to the Seminary Avenue exit.
Anybody with info could name Oakland Fireplace Division’s arson investigation unit at 510-238-4031.
Contact George Kelly at 408-859-5180.