Oakland Fire Department stops shop fire from spreading to church

Oakland Fire Department extinguished a fire at a sewing shop at Ninth St in downtown Oakland on Sunday preventing the flames from spreading to two nearby businesses and a church The fire department activated firefighters as part of a three-alarm fire call for the blaze which broke out at a m because it threatened neighboring buildings on Tenth Street and Corinthian Baptist Church according to Battalion Chief Frank Tijiboy Firefighters brought the fire under control by a m No occupants were inside the building when the fire erupted and no firefighters or civilians were harmed in the episode Tijiboy commented The battalion chief added that the cause of the fire has not yet been identified Oakland Fire Department responded to a fire at a sewing shop at Ninth Street Sunday morning OFD issued a three-alarm fire for the occurrence calling upon firefighters to snuff out the blaze before it could spread to neighboring buildings We have the building owner on scene and they are cooperating with the fire investigators Tijiboy noted Right now the cause of the fire is still under examination