A person was killed this morning in a fire at an abandoned chemical refinery site in East Palo Alto.
A person was killed this morning in a fire at an abandoned chemical refinery site in East Palo Alto, firefighters said.
Firefighters responded just after 1 a.m. to the abandoned Romic Chemical Refinery Site on Bay Road on a report of a fire.
Crews discovered a construction-style office trailer on fire and later discovered a body in the burned out trailer, firefighters said.
The site had been abandoned years ago, and the only items left on the former plant site were trailers and storage containers, firefighters said.
There was power to the trailers, and investigators suspect the victim was transient, possibly using the trailer for shelter, firefighters said.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation. The identity of the person killed has not been released.
Bay City News is a 24/7 news service covering the greater Bay Area. © 2022 Bay City News, Inc. All rights reserved. Republication, rebroadcast or redistribution without the express written consent of Bay City News, Inc. is prohibited.
Police stepped up patrol efforts Friday around an Antioch elementary school after a fifth-grader reported an attempted kidnapping.
Power is out throughout a large part campus at the University of California at Berkeley Friday.
A San Jose police officer was arraigned today in Santa Clara County Superior Court Friday on charges of felony possession...
