Crime & Safety
Firefighter Injured Fighting Blaze In 'Heavily Fortified' Building
An infero at a marijuana grow operation in a commercial building in San Leandro grew to 3-alarms, requiring mutual aid.
SAN LEANDRO, CA — Crews have placed under control a three-alarm structure fire that ignited late Tuesday night in San Leandro, according to 1:28 a.m. tweet Wednesday from the Alameda County Fire Department.
Crews were on the scene throughout the night.
The post came roughly 90 minutes after the department reported that a firefighter had minor injuries and was taken to a local hospital.
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The structure fire burned a "heavily fortified" commercial building with a grow operation at 139th and Washington avenues, according to officials, which first reported its response to the fire in a 9:55 p.m. tweet Tuesday.
Oakland Fire Department provided mutual aid.
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