Large fire breaks out at warehouse for artists in East Oakland
A large fire broke out Friday morning at an East Oakland warehouse that rents space to artists, sending a cloud of black smoke across the sky and slowing nearby traffic on Interstate 880 as roughly 50 firefighters worked to get the blaze under control.
Officials said the fire broke out at 6:23 a.m. at 976 23rd Ave., which is home to M0XY, a business that leases studios to woodworkers and other artists who have created large-scale pieces featured at events like Burning Man, the annual late-summer festival held in Black Rock Desert in Nevada.
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Michael Hunt, an Oakland Fire Department spokesman, said the block-long warehouse, which covers about 41,000 square feet, is subdivided into about 37 separate spaces, but damage appeared to be limited to about 10 of the studios.
No fatalities or injuries were reported.
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