POLICE FIRE MAJOR INCIDENT

HAZMAT-HAZARDOUS MATERIAL

Location: 700 BLOCK HARRISON ST, BERKELEY

Incident details

Location

700 BLOCK HARRISON ST, BERKELEY

Time (Created)

Aug 9, 2026, 8:30 AM

Incident Numbers

# 2026-00010912(BFD)
# 2026-00034700(BPD)
# 2026-00001141(Likely Royal)

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Royal Ambulance does not publish incident numbers. We infer that Royal was attached to this call, but this has not been confirmed. Royal is Berkeley's contracted basic-life-support (BLS) ambulance provider for certain transports, including mental-health and 5150 calls.

Priority

Level 1F

Call Type

HAZMAT-HAZARDOUS MATERIAL

BFD Classification

Hazardous Condition

Progress

Cleared

Source

Telephone

Last Update

Aug 9, 2026, 8:46 AM

First Arriving Unit

Engine 6

Dispatch Time

3m 52s

Turnout Time

46s

Travel Time

4m 44s

Total Response Time

9m 22s

Cancelled Enroute

Battalion 7

Response District

RD 6

Incident update history6 updates Open timeline

Dispatch details can be reclassified as responders learn more. This timeline also shows when BerkeleyCrime pulled or linked details from other public sources and selected news coverage, as well as editorial notes.

BFD response metrics pulled
Aug 10, 2026, 7:45 AM

BerkeleyCrime first pulled additional response details from BFD’s incident archive.
Incident number observed
Aug 9, 2026, 10:14 AM

Likely Royal — ownership not verified

2026-00001141
BPD CAD number observed
Aug 9, 2026, 9:04 AM

2026-00034700
BFD CAD number observed
Aug 9, 2026, 8:44 AM

2026-00010912
Berkeley CFS/CAD record first observed
Aug 9, 2026, 8:44 AM

BerkeleyCrime first observed this incident in Berkeley’s CFS/CAD feed.
BFD live response details added
Aug 9, 2026, 8:35 AM

BerkeleyCrime first observed this incident or its unit-response details from BFD sources.

Fire unit activity

HAZMAT 2

Aug 09, 08:34:07 AM

Dispatched

Aug 09, 08:36:53 AM

Cleared (assignment ended)

Engine 1

Aug 09, 08:34:07 AM

Dispatched

Aug 09, 08:35:05 AM

Enroute

Aug 09, 08:41:17 AM

Cleared (assignment ended)

Battalion 7

Aug 09, 08:34:07 AM

Dispatched

Aug 09, 08:35:25 AM

Enroute

Aug 09, 08:37:02 AM

Cancelled enroute

EMS 2

Aug 09, 08:34:07 AM

Dispatched

Aug 09, 08:35:13 AM

Enroute

Aug 09, 08:36:56 AM

Cleared (assignment ended)

Engine 6

Aug 09, 08:34:53 AM

Enroute

Aug 09, 08:39:37 AM

On Scene

Aug 09, 08:46:07 AM

Cleared (assignment ended)

Medic 1

Aug 09, 08:37:13 AM

Enroute

Aug 09, 08:41:14 AM

Cleared (assignment ended)

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