Fireworks May Be To Blame For Blaze At Marijuana Grow Warehouse

San Francisco CA

05 July, 2021

4:17 PM

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OAKLAND, CA — Firefighters in Oakland were kept busy overnight by three structure fires that broke out between midnight and 3 a.m. Monday, including a blaze at a marijuana grow warehouse. Causes for the fires haven't yet been determined, but fireworks haven't been ruled out as possible culprits, a fire spokesman said. Crews responded to the warehouse fire in the 900 block of 77th Avenue shortly after midnight. The building houses two businesses -- a marijuana grow and an auto body shop, fire officials said. The three-alarm blaze was under control by 3:37 a.m. The second fire was reported shortly after 2 a.m. Monday at a two-story home at 12th and East 23rd avenues, where firefighters encountered heavy flames coming from the top of the house. A person at the home was treated for smoke inhalation, Oakland fire spokesman Michael Hunt said. It was the only injury resulting from the three early morning structure fires. A third blaze was called in from the city's Temescal District about 2:55 a.m., where a commercial building at 42nd Street and Telegraph Avenue caught fire. The structure had been the scene of previous fires and was red-tagged in November 2020, fire officials said. The two-alarm fire was under control by 3:22 Bay City News