FIRE POLICE NEWS COVERAGE MAJOR INCIDENT

WORKING FIRE

Location: 1300 BLOCK POE ST, BERKELEY

News coverage

Reporting related to this incident

NEWS

Fatal Berkeley fire: Before she died, neighbors tried to help

The Berkeley Scanner Feb 4, 2026

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Incident details

Location

1300 BLOCK POE ST, BERKELEY

Time (Created)

Feb 4, 2026, 3:53 PM

Incident Numbers

# 2026-00005509(BPD)
# 2026-00000192(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.
# 2026-00001642(BFD)

Priority

Level 1F

Progress

Cleared

Disposition

PRIMARY CASE (CASE OR COLD THEFT)

Source

911 Call

Dispatch

Feb 4, 2026, 3:54 PM

Arrived

Feb 4, 2026, 3:57 PM

Cleared

Feb 4, 2026, 9:04 PM

Last Update

Feb 4, 2026, 9:04 PM

First Arriving Unit

Engine 1

Dispatch Time

30s

Turnout Time

1m 19s

Travel Time

1m 54s

Total Response Time

3m 43s

Cancelled Enroute

Engine 6, Engine 7

Response District

RD 1

Incident update history3 updates Open timeline

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News coverage added
Sep 22, 2026, 8:04 PM

BerkeleyCrime linked Fatal Berkeley fire: Before she died, neighbors tried to help from The Berkeley Scanner to this incident.
BFD response metrics pulled
Jul 11, 2026, 8:33 PM

BerkeleyCrime first pulled additional response details from BFD’s incident archive.
BFD live response details added
Feb 4, 2026, 3:53 PM

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

Fire unit activity

Engine 1

Feb 04, 03:53:58 PM

Assigned

Engine 5

Feb 04, 03:53:58 PM

Assigned

Battalion 7

Feb 04, 03:53:58 PM

Assigned

Engine 3

Feb 04, 03:53:58 PM

Assigned

Truck 2

Feb 04, 03:53:58 PM

Assigned

EMS 2

Feb 04, 03:53:58 PM

Assigned

Training 2

Feb 04, 03:53:58 PM

Assigned

Duty Chief

Feb 04, 03:53:58 PM

Assigned

Medic 5

Feb 04, 03:53:58 PM

Assigned

Truck 5

Feb 04, 03:53:58 PM

Assigned

Engine 4

Feb 04, 03:53:58 PM

Assigned

Training 1

Feb 04, 03:53:58 PM

Assigned

Water Tender 1

Feb 04, 03:53:58 PM

Assigned

Engine 6

Feb 04, 03:53:58 PM

Assigned

Patrol 6

Feb 04, 03:53:58 PM

Assigned

Engine 7

Feb 04, 03:53:58 PM

Cancelled enroute

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