Local landmark caught in early morning fire
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 past 20 years, said the fire was spotted and called in by a police officer who was driving by. [...]
Fire department investigates Air Station blaze
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 was in a home on the 300 block of Corpus Christi Avenue on the former naval base. They initially received [...]
Fire department investigating Beach Road blaze
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, which started in the laundry room and spread from there to the kitchen and ultimately, into the attic.
Capt. Bob Buell [...]
Firefighters quash Pacific Ave blaze
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 going off in the area before the fire.
Firefighters received a call about the fire at 3:21 a.m. today. When they [...]
UPDATED Fire damages home
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 when the blaze ignited but escaped unharmed.
The fire department was called at 3:40 p.m. today about the fire, which crews [...]
Firefighters say staff cuts hurt Bay Farm fire response
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 blaze. But Alameda Fire Chief David Kapler said he doesn’t think that’s the case.
The firefighters and Kapler also offered a [...]
UPDATED Fire consumes Bay Farm home; firefighters injured
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 3:02 a.m. but was extinguished in about 10 minutes, Alameda Fire Division Chief Daren Olson said. Olson said a second [...]
FIRE RESTRUCTURING REPORT OUT
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 work off to other city departments.
The 81-page report, authored by the International City Manager’s Association, also recommends strategies to prevent [...]
The Island comments: Following the fire
The flames that conquered a dilapidated medical records depot last month shed light on an unsettling truth: Our city lacks the ability to quickly, fully and accurately inform us when a major disaster happens.
When city and air quality officials decided to issue a shelter-in-place advisory for residents a mile downwind of the fire, they opted [...]
CITY DOWNPLAYS FIRE HEALTH HAZARD; INFO SITE SET
City officials are admitting there is asbestos and lead in the ash scattered halfway across the Island by that March 29 fire on former Navy land, but they are saying that neither the ash nor the heavy smoke from the fire poses a health hazard.
“As is typical with building fires, some ash and burned debris [...]
Handling of FISC fire questioned
Sounds like a number of folks are questioning the handling of that March 29 Naval building fire – including some of the firefighters who fought it.
As I reported yesterday, Fire Chief David Kapler told the City Council on Tuesday that someone from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District came out to monitor and take [...]
