Berkeley Fire

Person dead Friday in Berkeley after BART train collision

Update, June 25: BFD found Hui Ming Chen, a 71-year-old Albany man, deceased on the tracks near the BART tunnel at about 7 a.m.

North Berkeley BART closed by possible train strike

Firefighters found a woman under the first BART car, breathing but unresponsive, and performed an extrication, according to radio traffic.

Berkeley attic fire displaces local family

The fire caused "quite extensive damage" to the roof and attic, rendering the home uninhabitable, the Berkeley Fire Department said.

Update: Berkeley fire fatality ID'd as Roberto Rodriguez, 69

The fire displaced six people, the Berkeley Fire Department said.

Authorities investigate RV trailer fire in northwest Berkeley

"We have one [reporting party] saying it's a tree next to a building and another saying a trailer is exploding," a dispatcher told police.

Berkeley postpones EMBER vote, announces workshops

District 6 Councilman Brent Blackaby shared the following announcement Thursday. It has been reprinted with permission.

Lithium-ion batteries cause fire at Berkeley apartment building

"They have been pretty prolific about starting fires for us in the last couple years, the Berkeley Fire Department said.