Fire breaks out at vacant warehouse in Alameda
ALAMEDA -- Crews in the East Bay are at the scene of a fire that ignited at a vacant warehouse at the old Alameda Air Station Monday afternoon, according to authorities.
The Oakland Firefighters Twitter account posted that the Alameda Fire Department had called for mutual aid due to a fire burning at 650 W. Ranger Ave cross of Pan Am Way in the Alameda Point area. The fire started at around 3:15 p.m.
*Mutual Aid Request* City of @AlamedaFire689 has request mutual aid from @Oakland Fire for a #workingfire at 650 W Ranger Ave in the Alameda Point Area. #alameda #oakland pic.twitter.com/AMMvvZQpbP
— Oakland Firefighters (@OaklandFireLive) July 25, 2022
The fire was apparently burning at a vacant warehouse on the old Naval Air Station and producing a large cloud of black smoke. So far there are no reports of injuries or any indication of what may have started the fire.