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Update: Panoramic Hill Fire In Berkeley 'Under Control'
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
3
First seen
Oct 20, 12:28 PM PDT
updated Oct 21, 5:58 PM PDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by The Berkeley Scanner, KNTV and Berkeleyside, not yet confirmed.
What Happened
A fire at the Berkeley police station forced police and 911 dispatchers to evacuate the headquarters, Berkeleyside and KNTV reported. Separately, a fire on Panoramic Hill in Berkeley is under control, The Berkeley Scanner reported.
Written by our system from the sources below (3), version 1, Oct 21, 7:07 PM PDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
- Fire forces Berkeley police, 911 dispatchers to evacuate headquarters · Berkeleyside
- Fire at Berkeley police station prompts evacuation · KNTV
- Update: Panoramic Hill fire in Berkeley 'under control' · The Berkeley Scanner
Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once
How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.
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