Blaze near Bart may be suspicious - 3 sought

Blaze near Bart may be suspicious - 3 sought

Graham City / Special to the Chronicle

BART shut down the line in Oakland and San Francisco on Thursday morning, as this early morning fire in West Oakland near their stories.

The researchers were looking for three men seen near the West Oakland site moments before the start ignited Thursday and injured near the BART tracks. It also examined the possibility that the fire was deliberately set officials said.

Investigators from the Oakland fire department and the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has focused its attention on the debris of the southern entrance to the Red Star unfinished senior housing complex where they think the inferno started.

Add Baker, Oakland battalion commander, said the security guard looks like a 4-storey site, Seventh Street and Mandela Parkway reported three suspicious people near the house shortly after 2 am fire broke out minutes later and grew to a 3-alarm blaze in half an hour, Baker said.

“It was like kindling,&# 8221; he said.

According to Oakland police radio traffic began moments after the fire, a security guard for the Command International Security Services, or the teens reported being harassed by three young men who tried to attack him.

Kim Newbill, office manager, Van Nuys, said a security guard company rested at home and would not comment more.

Baker said building a large wooden frame fueled the fire for several hours, when they lit street melting rebar and throwing debris on the track at West Oakland BART Station. A car parked next to the building fell molten puddle.

injured third Railway

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Paul, Bart, Deputy Head of operations, said the damage included a 400-foot section of the third railway package, which gives the right to change trains.

gas leak caused fire, Baker said, but Pacific Gas and Electric Co. crews were able to close the main valve before the gas can be fed to the fire.

Late Thursday, residents were still overwhelmed by the amount of damage caused by Inferno.

Ramzey Mohamed, who lives a few blocks away, and holds close to the BART Board of gas and food store, said he appeals to a cousin about 2 am phone call to alert him to the fire. He said, heard several loud explosions immediately and ran in front of the blaze.

“You can feel the heat 2 blocks away,” he said. “The idea of ​​a fire station is immediately made me nervous.”

lost revenue for the seller

pubDate Although the underground tanks were spared, Mohamed said that the fire melted off surveillance cameras, and cost him $ 15,000 a day in lost revenues. Mohamed also rents parking spaces Bart commuters.

Red Star apartment complex was opened late this year or early 2013, officials of the LINC Housing Corp. of Santa Ana said.

co-developers of the 120-unit complex had won $ 1.03 million state grant to build affordable housing for seniors, the data show. Officials said they do not know if they want to give back, or if insurance will cover the costs.

“We are still working out all the details of what happened,” says Jenny SUNY, a co-Chief Operating Officer at LINC Housing. “This is an incomplete set of facts. We are still trying to look and see what the whole picture looks like.”

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