11 Injured In Explosion At Santa Rita Jail In Dublin
An oven explosion in a kitchen at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin Tuesday morning injured 11 people, one critically, an Alameda County fire spokeswoman said.
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An oven explosion in a kitchen at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin Tuesday morning injured 11 people, one critically, an Alameda County fire spokeswoman said.
An unusual late fall wildfire fueled by drought conditions destroyed 15 homes and forced about 100 people to flee the forested mountains of the scenic Big Sur region overlooking the Pacific.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District on Tuesday issued another Winter Spare the Air alert for Wednesday, the 15th since its winter season began on Nov. 1.
A two-alarm fire at a metal recycling plant in Redwood City Tuesday morning has been controlled, although the smell of smoke and burning plastic was reported as far south as Mountain View, a fire marshal said.
A wildfire burning Monday in the Big Sur area of California destroyed at least 15 homes and forced about 100 people to evacuate as it chewed through dry vegetation on its way toward the ocean.
Two cats died in a mobile home fire that started near a stove in Santa Rosa.
Firefighters were battling a two-alarm blaze at a home in East Oakland Friday morning, a fire dispatcher said.
A four-alarm fire burning at a Concord warehouse Wednesday morning sent smoke and strong odors of burning plastic across the East Bay.
A fire at a San Francisco recycling warehouse was extinguished after burning for more than nine hours overnight, an acting fire captain said Tuesday.
Crews were mopping up Tuesday afternoon at the scene of an underground gas fire in the Oakland hills that prompted the evacuation of six homes this morning before it was put out shortly before noon.
San Francisco firefighters have brought a two-alarm fire at a recycling warehouse near the Bayshore Caltrain station under control Tuesday morning, a fire dispatcher said.
A man was found dead in a car outside of a burning home north of Bodega Bay early Monday morning, a fire chief said.
One person has died from injuries suffered in a house fire in Benicia, according to authorities.
Firefighters were at the scene of an apartment fire that displaced about 50 residents and injured one person in San Leandro Thursday morning, fire officials said.
The cause of the blaze remained under investigation.
Contra Costa County prosecutors said Wednesday that they will not file charges against the person who sparked a fire that burned more than 3,100 acres in and around Mount Diablo State Park in September.
A man was arrested on suspicion of arson after being rescued by firefighters from the balcony of a burning apartment building in Alameda Wednesday morning, according to a fire chief.
Firefighters are a tight-knit family, and when they lose one of their own, they come together for support and comfort. That is what happened in Livermore and Pleasanton this month, when a 48-year old firefighter died from what has become an all too common work-related illness.
Evacuations due to the Silverado fire burning in Napa County have been lifted Friday evening and firefighters have the fire nearly contained, officials said.
A fire in an underground vault was quickly extinguished Wednesday afternoon in San Francisco's Financial District, fire and PG&E officials said.
Firefighters responded to a vegetation fire that appears to have been sparked by a barbeque in an encampment in San Rafael on Monday afternoon, according to a fire chief.
Firefighters tamed both flames and flaring tempers while responding to a fire at a Santa Rosa apartment where a fight broke out between roommates on Friday night.
The attorney for a 16-year-old Oakland boy accused of setting another teen on fire aboard an AC Transit bus earlier this month said it was not a hate crime during a court appearance on Friday.
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk says the company "definitely" won't recall its Model S electric car despite three vehicle fires in the last six weeks
Firefighters battled a two-alarm blaze at an apartment complex in Hayward Tuesday morning, according to a fire dispatcher.
