December 2015
Fatal East Oakland apartment fire deemed accidental
Two people died early Monday morning when a two-alarm fire ripped through an East Oakland apartment building that neighbors said had become a source of trouble after two blazes earlier this year.
The first calls about the fire at a four-unit apartment complex on the 6200 block of Eastlawn Street near 62nd Avenue came in around 1:15 a.m., an Oakland fire dispatcher said.
This was not the first fire at the apartment complex, officials said. The building had burned once in May and then again 10 days ago, Fire Battalion Chief Coy Justice said.
One neighbor, who declined to give his name, said he thought the complex had been abandoned after the earlier fire.
“The power had been cut off after the last fire,” Justice said. “So there really shouldn’t have been anyone in the building.”
Casilla also said that numerous reports had been made to police after nearby residents realized the building had become a nexus for illegal activity, but that she saw no evidence that action was taken.
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/2-dead-in-East-Oakland-apartment-fire-6723533.php
