SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS RADIO) – Three Oakland Police Department vehicles were torched in a fire earlier this week.
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Early Tuesday morning Oakland Police officers and Oakland Fire Department officials responded to a fire at 5th and Broadway, under the 880 freeway.
The area is where transportation vehicles for OPD are stored.
When officials responded to the call at 3:45 a.m., the blaze took out three vans that had been parked in the area.
According to a statement by OPD on their Facebook page, the blaze originated at an encampment near the transportation lot.
An unhoused person living within the encampment lost control of their lit barbeque, and the flames set fire to their belongings.
Eventually, the fire spread to the eastern portion of the lot and damaged the fence as well.
The vehicle damage amounts to more than $100,000.
No one was injured in the incident.
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