The smoke from the West Berkeley warehouse fire as seen from Delaware Street. Photo: Raph Levien The fire that erupted in a West Berkeley warehouse on Saturday, seriously damaging or destroying numerous businesses, started accidentally, according to fire officials. “There didn’t seem to be any indication this was a malicious fire,” said Berkeley Fire Department […]
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After a West Berkeley blaze, praise for the firefighters
The remains of warehouse at 1800-1810 Second St. that was destroyed in a five-alarm fire Saturday, April 12, 2014. The building held stock from Import Tile and housed Joshua Tree Furniture. The Wooden Duck also lost stock in the blaze but its showroom, on Eastshore Highway, survived largely intact. Photo: Todd Forbush The remains of […]
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West Berkeley fire causes $5 million in damage, destroys 20 artisan businesses
1802 Second St. was a charred shell Sunday after a massive fire destroyed it Saturday night. Photo: Pete Rosos The huge fire that ripped through a building on Second Street in West Berkeley on Saturday night not only affected well-known businesses like Import Tile and The Wooden Duck, but destroyed the livelihood of more than […]
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4 Berkeley businesses, including Wooden Duck, Import Tile damaged in 5-alarm warehouse fire
A major fire in West Berkeley that broke out around 8 p.m. Saturday damaged a warehouse with four businesses. Photo: Davoud Kermaninejad This breaking news story was updated as more information became available. Watch this feed on Twitter — no account needed — for live updates. Frances Dinkelspiel, of Berkeleyside, reported from the scene. Scroll down […]
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Berkeley fields many winners in Best of Bay awards
Freight & Salvage was voted number one in two Best of the Bay categories. Photo: F&S. Several Berkeley businesses won top honors in SFGate’s Best of the Bay Awards, which this year attracted more than 71,000 votes from readers. The Awards are divided into 29 categories, each of which has many sub-categories, so apologies in […]
