POLICE FIRE Major Incident

STRFIRE-STRUCTURE FIRE

Location: 500 BLOCK ARLINGTON AVE, BERKELEY

Incident details

Location

500 BLOCK ARLINGTON AVE, BERKELEY

Time (Created)

Aug 2, 2026, 6:00 PM

Incident Numbers

# 2026-00001108(Royal)

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Royal Ambulance is Berkeley's contracted basic-life-support ambulance provider for certain transports, including mental-health and 5150 calls. A Royal CAD number comes from Royal's dispatch system and is separate from BPD and BFD incident numbers.
# 2026-00033658(BPD)
# 2026-00010595(BFD)

Priority

Level 1F

Call Type

STRFIRE-STRUCTURE FIRE

BFD Classification

Fire

Progress

Cleared

Source

911 Call

Last Update

Aug 2, 2026, 6:11 PM

First Arriving Unit

Engine 4

Dispatch Time

1m 57s

Turnout Time

27s

Travel Time

3m 48s

Total Response Time

6m 12s

Cancelled Enroute

Engine 6, Medic 2, Truck 5, Truck 2, EMS 2

Response District

RD 4

Incident update history5 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.

BFD response metrics pulled
Aug 3, 2026, 7:46 AM

BerkeleyCrime first pulled additional response details from BFD’s incident archive.
BFD CAD number observed
Aug 2, 2026, 6:55 PM

2026-00010595
BPD CAD number observed
Aug 2, 2026, 6:25 PM

2026-00033658
Berkeley CFS/CAD record first observed
Aug 2, 2026, 6:15 PM

BerkeleyCrime first observed this incident in Berkeley’s CFS/CAD feed.
BFD live response details added
Aug 2, 2026, 6:03 PM

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

Fire unit activity

Engine 4

Aug 02, 06:02:40 PM

Dispatched

Aug 02, 06:03:07 PM

Enroute

Aug 02, 06:06:55 PM

On Scene

Aug 02, 06:11:28 PM

Available for calls

Engine 6

Aug 02, 06:02:40 PM

Dispatched

Aug 02, 06:03:40 PM

Enroute

Aug 02, 06:10:31 PM

Available for calls

Engine 2

Aug 02, 06:02:40 PM

Dispatched

Aug 02, 06:04:04 PM

Enroute

Aug 02, 06:09:34 PM

On Scene

Aug 02, 06:10:43 PM

Available for calls

Truck 2

Aug 02, 06:02:40 PM

Dispatched

Aug 02, 06:03:41 PM

Enroute

Aug 02, 06:10:52 PM

Available for calls

Truck 5

Aug 02, 06:02:40 PM

Dispatched

Aug 02, 06:03:47 PM

Enroute

Aug 02, 06:10:47 PM

Available for calls

Medic 2

Aug 02, 06:02:40 PM

Dispatched

Aug 02, 06:03:15 PM

Enroute

Aug 02, 06:10:39 PM

Available for calls

Battalion 7

Aug 02, 06:02:40 PM

Dispatched

Aug 02, 06:03:35 PM

Enroute

Aug 02, 06:10:15 PM

On Scene

Aug 02, 06:11:47 PM

Available for calls

EMS 2

Aug 02, 06:02:40 PM

Dispatched

Aug 02, 06:04:03 PM

Enroute

Aug 02, 06:10:51 PM

Available for calls

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