FIRE POLICE NEWS COVERAGE MAJOR INCIDENT

WORKING FIRE

Location: 4TH ST, GILMAN ST / GILMAN ST, 2ND ST, BERKELEY

News coverage

Reporting related to this incident

Abandoned building catches fire in northwest Berkeley

The Berkeley Scanner Dec 23, 2025

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Incident details

Location

4TH ST, GILMAN ST / GILMAN ST, 2ND ST, BERKELEY

Time (Created)

Dec 23, 2025, 3:55 AM

Incident Numbers

# 2025-00058320(BPD)
# 2025-00017361(BFD)
# 2025-00002060(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

Progress

Cleared

Disposition

INCIDENT REPORT

Source

911 Call

Dispatch

Dec 23, 2025, 3:57 AM

Arrived

Dec 23, 2025, 4:01 AM

Cleared

Dec 23, 2025, 6:19 AM

Last Update

Dec 23, 2025, 6:20 AM

First Arriving Unit

Engine 6

Dispatch Time

2m 6s

Turnout Time

1m 10s

Travel Time

4m 40s

Total Response Time

7m 56s

Cancelled Enroute

Duty Chief

Response District

RD 6

Incident update history3 updates Open timeline

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

BerkeleyCrime linked Abandoned building catches fire in northwest Berkeley from The Berkeley Scanner to this incident.
BFD response metrics pulled
Jul 11, 2026, 8:30 PM

BerkeleyCrime first pulled additional response details from BFD’s incident archive.
BFD live response details added
Dec 23, 2025, 3:55 AM

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

Fire unit activity

Engine 6

Dec 23, 03:55:10 AM

Assigned

Engine 4

Dec 23, 03:55:10 AM

Assigned

Medic 1

Dec 23, 03:55:10 AM

Assigned

EMS 2

Dec 23, 03:55:10 AM

Assigned

Truck 2

Dec 23, 03:55:10 AM

Assigned

Battalion 6

Dec 23, 03:55:10 AM

Assigned

Engine 1

Dec 23, 03:55:10 AM

Assigned

Truck 5

Dec 23, 03:55:10 AM

Assigned

Training 1

Dec 23, 03:55:10 AM

Assigned

Duty Chief

Dec 23, 03:55:10 AM

Cancelled enroute

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