2-Alarm Fire Damages Newark Business

Newark CA

09 April, 2021

7:25 PM

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NEWARK, CA —A two-alarm fire at a business in Newark caused significant damage. No injuries were reported. The fire was reported inside a building on Filbert Street shortly before 9 a.m. Friday. The first crews to arrive were hampered by heavy smoke, and a second alarm was sounded at 9:06. "Fire sprinklers held the fire to a large piece of machinery," the Alameda County Fire Department said in a social media post, "which was located and fire knocked down by 9:28 AM." According to the app PulsePoint, the fire was at 37,599 Filbert Street, a retail distribution center. The cause of the fire is under investigation.