A three-alarm fire tore through an apartment building on Bancroft Avenue in Oakland, displacing 100 residents. Some residents suffered injuries, but officials reported no fatalities. The building has since been red-tagged.
Oakland firefighters battled the blaze as a three-alarm response, according to KTVU.
A Building Now Off-Limits
With the Bancroft Avenue building red-tagged, the 100 displaced residents are left without a home to return to for now.
A fire at a San Jose apartment complex displaced 75 residents and led to that complex being red-tagged, according to KPIX/KRON4. That fire damaged 22 apartments through flames, smoke, or firefighting water, and the American Red Cross set up a temporary shelter for those left without housing. KPIX/KRON4 reported no injuries in that incident, and the cause had not been determined.
Other Recent Bay Area Displacements
An even larger displacement hit San Leandro, where a two-alarm fire that started on the third floor of a 42-unit complex spread to an adjoining unit and ultimately displaced 160 people, per KPIX/KRON4's separate report. Nobody was injured in that blaze, but the building was red-tagged, and the Red Cross was called to help residents.
A 2017 investigation by the East Bay Times examined Oakland's follow-up after fire-code warnings.
No further details on the cause of the Bancroft Avenue fire, the extent of residents' injuries, or plans for sheltering the displaced have been confirmed. Hoodline will update this story as more information becomes available.
