25 Displaced, About 15 Tents Destroyed in Fire at Homeless Encampment

25 Displaced, About 15 Tents Destroyed in Fire at Homeless Encampment
Oakland Fire Station No. 13. 1225 Derby Ave, Oakland, CA 94601. (Map data @2018 Google)
9/11/2018
Updated:
9/11/2018

A fire at a homeless encampment in Oakland displaced 25 people on the early morning of Sept. 11, according to fire officials.

The blaze was first reported at 2:41 a.m. in the 2200 block of East 12th Street, fire officials said. Firefighters contained it just after 4 a.m., Battalion Chief Demond Simmons said. About 15 or 16 tents were destroyed but nobody was injured.

No further information is immediately available.

By PF