Fire at Port of Oakland spreads dark smoke plume around the bay
OAKLAND -- A fire in a facility at the Port of Oakland Sunday afternoon that sent black smoke over the San Francisco Bay was fully extinguished by 4:30 p.m., a spokesman for the fire department said.
"The fire was in a lithium battery at the port, on Seventh Street," said Michael Hunt, a spokesman for the Oakland Fire Department.
The department posted a photo of the billowing smoke on social media.
The fire was reported around 3 p.m. and took about an hour to get under control, Hunt said.
