An Oakland firefighter sustained minor injuries Monday, Aug. 12, 2019 while responding to a two-alarm commercial fire on Farnam Street in Oakland, Calif.
One firefighter suffered a minor injury Monday morning while responding to a two-alarm commercial structure fire near the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland.
The fire was reported at 11:22 a.m. in the 3300 block of Farnam Street, about one block north of International Boulevard.
When crews arrived on scene, they found the fire burning at the back of a clothing store.
Oakland Fire Lt. Charleton Lightfoot said:
“We immediately upgraded our response to a second alarm due to the close neighboring buildings.”
Lightfoot said:
“The fire did spread to neighboring units.”
“There was an adjacent building that (had) minor fire spread to two units.”
It was extinguished by 12:12 p.m. No civilians were injured, and the injured firefighter was not transported to a hospital, according to Lightfoot.
As of early Monday afternoon, firefighters did not have an estimate for the extent of the damage. The fire’s cause and point of origin remain under investigation.
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