POLICE FIRE NEWS COVERAGE MAJOR INCIDENT

STRFIRE-STRUCTURE FIRE

Location: 1100 BLOCK 8TH ST, BERKELEY

News coverage

Reporting related to this incident

‘The usual’ location: Fires plague Berkeley homeless camp

The Berkeley Scanner Sep 10, 2026

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Incident details

Location

1100 BLOCK 8TH ST, BERKELEY

Time (Created)

Jul 10, 2026, 6:10 AM

Incident Numbers

# 2026-00009519(BFD)
# 2026-00001017(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.
# 2026-00029977(BPD)

Priority

Level 1F

Call Type

STRFIRE-STRUCTURE FIRE

Progress

Cleared

Disposition

MDT NARRATIVE ONLY

Source

911 Call

Dispatch

Jul 10, 2026, 6:11 AM

Arrived

Jul 10, 2026, 6:16 AM

Cleared

Jul 10, 2026, 6:37 AM

Last Update

Jul 10, 2026, 6:39 AM

First Arriving Unit

Battalion 7

Dispatch Time

1m 13s

Turnout Time

1m 27s

Travel Time

3m 56s

Total Response Time

6m 36s

Cancelled Enroute

Engine 4, Medic 1, Truck 5, Truck 2, EMS 2

Response District

RD 6

Incident update history3 updates Open timeline

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News coverage added
Sep 10, 2026, 4:08 PM

BerkeleyCrime linked ‘The usual’ location: Fires plague Berkeley homeless camp from The Berkeley Scanner to this incident.
BFD response metrics pulled
Jul 11, 2026, 7:26 PM

BerkeleyCrime first pulled additional response details from BFD’s incident archive.
BFD live response details added
Jul 10, 2026, 6:12 AM

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

Fire unit activity

Engine 6

Jul 10, 06:11:32 AM

Dispatched

Jul 10, 06:12:22 AM

Enroute

Jul 10, 06:30:41 AM

On Scene

Jul 10, 06:39:53 AM

Cleared (assignment ended)

Engine 1

Jul 10, 06:11:32 AM

Dispatched

Jul 10, 06:12:10 AM

Enroute

Jul 10, 06:30:40 AM

On Scene

Jul 10, 06:39:53 AM

Cleared (assignment ended)

Engine 4

Jul 10, 06:11:32 AM

Dispatched

Jul 10, 06:12:42 AM

Enroute

Jul 10, 06:18:53 AM

Cancelled enroute

Truck 2

Jul 10, 06:11:32 AM

Dispatched

Jul 10, 06:12:41 AM

Enroute

Jul 10, 06:18:53 AM

Cancelled enroute

Truck 5

Jul 10, 06:11:33 AM

Dispatched

Jul 10, 06:13:39 AM

Enroute

Jul 10, 06:18:53 AM

Cancelled enroute

Medic 1

Jul 10, 06:11:33 AM

Dispatched

Jul 10, 06:13:23 AM

Enroute

Jul 10, 06:18:53 AM

Cancelled enroute

Battalion 7

Jul 10, 06:11:33 AM

Dispatched

Jul 10, 06:13:00 AM

Enroute

Jul 10, 06:16:56 AM

On Scene

Jul 10, 06:33:52 AM

Cleared (assignment ended)

EMS 2

Jul 10, 06:11:33 AM

Dispatched

Jul 10, 06:12:59 AM

Enroute

Jul 10, 06:18:53 AM

Cancelled enroute

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