Crime & Safety
Downtown Berkeley Residents Displaced In Afternoon Fire
The blaze appears to have started in a lower level of the building, which has residential units over a commercial space, according to authorities.
Crews have controlled a three-alarm fire in downtown Berkeley this afternoon, fire officials said.
The fire was reported at 2:24 p.m. at a two-story building in the 2500 block of Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley acting Deputy Fire Chief Avery Webb said.
The fire was declared under control at 2:54 p.m.
The blaze appears to have started in a lower level of the building, which has residential units over a commercial space, according to Webb.
Eight residents and one pet were displaced in the fire, Berkeley Fire Chief Gil Dong said.
No injuries were reported, Dong said.
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