Flames Spread Quickly In Oakland Neighborhood; 3-Alarm Fire Heavily Damages 3 Homes

By CBS San Francisco Staff:

OAKLAND (CBS SF) — A three-alarm fire erupted inside two-story Victorian home early Monday, racing through the structure and spreading to two neighboring homes.

A massive column of smoke soared over the blaze, visible for several miles, even across the bay in San Francisco.

Oakland fire officials took to social media around 5:30 a.m. posting that crews were responding to the calls reporting a fire near 9th and Chester in the Lower Bottoms neighborhood of West Oakland near the BART station.

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