Updated 1:27 p.m. Monday, August 23
A Clinton Avenue resident and her infant daughter escaped an early morning house fire unharmed, a fire official said today, though the home sustained major damage and most of its …

Updated at 12:50 p.m. Tuesday, August 10
Firefighters extinguished an early-morning blaze under a defunct pier behind the Encinal Terminals property at the corner of Buena Vista Avenue and Sherman Street.
Alameda Fire Department Operations Chief Michael …

Alameda firefighters are investigating the cause of a one-alarm fire on the 3200 block of Central Avenue on Monday.
No one was injured in the fire, which caused $50,000 worth of structural damage and $1,500 in …

The owners of Gim’s Chinese Kitchen on Lincoln Avenue are working to get the restaurant up and running again after an early morning fire.
Debbie Hom, who has co-owned the restaurant with her husband, Jimmy, for …

The Alameda Fire Department is investigating the cause of a house fire that started late this afternoon on the former Naval Air Station.
Fire crews got the call at 4:25 p.m. today about the fire, which …

The Alameda Fire Department is investigating a Saturday night blaze at a home on the 200 block of Beach Road on Bay Farm Island.
The department got a call at 8:26 p.m. Saturday about the fire, …

Alameda firefighters quickly extinguished an early morning blaze today at a home on the 500 block of Pacific Avenue. Firefighters aren’t yet certain of the cause of the fire, though fireworks were reported to be …

Updated 8:15 p.m. Wednesday, June 17
Firefighters are investigating the cause of a fire that ignited this afternoon in a two-unit building in the 800 block of Cedar Street. One of the building’s occupants was home …

Alameda’s firefighters are saying they think recent staffing cuts slowed their response to a two-alarm fire Sunday on Bay Farm Island and may have been a factor in injuries two firefighters received while battling the …

Updated 1:04 p.m. Monday, June 15
A two-alarm fire consumed a home on Bay Farm Island this evening and sent one firefighter to the hospital. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
The fire reignited at …

The city has just released a consultant’s report on restructuring its fire department that recommends shuttering a station, cutting jobs, training fire staff to take on a broader variety of jobs and shuttling non-fire administrative …