Editorials

OAKLAND – A spokesman for the Oakland Fire Department says that a second-alarm fire displaced 17 children and five adults from a Victorian home this afternoon. 

Battalion Chief James Williams said fire crews were called at 2:04 p.m. concerning the fire in the house at 2014 West St. 

Arriving crews called a second alarm because the house, which was a multifamily apartment building, was old and had the potential to become engulfed in flames. 

Crews were able to get the fire under control by 2:22 p.m., but water and smoke caused significant damage to the building.