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“Largest fire since 1991″ leaves many locals homeless

November 19, 2011 6:08 pm by Tracey Taylor
Sequoia building

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Update, 11.21.11, 9:09 am: ASUC (The Associated Students of the University of California) is organizing a Donation Drive for those displaced by the fire on Haste and Telegraph. Many of the residents of The Sequoia Apartments were students. Visit the ASUC Donation Drive Facebook page for details.

Original story: The devastating fire that tore through the Sequoia Apartment building at 2441 Haste Street Friday night and Saturday morning has left dozens of people homeless. The five-story, 39-unit building was gutted by the fire, is uninhabitable and is likely to be demolished soon.

What remains of the building, which has been red-tagged, is structurally unsafe. Firefighters were still on the scene Saturday afternoon as the site is still considered an active fire. … Continue reading »

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Best of Berkeleyside: This week’s most popular posts

November 19, 2011 2:00 pm by Tracey Taylor

Man dies after shooting at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business On a day when all eyes were focused on the Occupy Cal events on campus, 32-year-old Chris Travis brought a gun to a Haas computer lab and, after pointing it at police officers, was fatally shot. It was only the second shooting at Cal in 20 years.

At Occupy Cal: Books take the place of banned tents The photo (above by Arturo Snuze) of inverted books placed on Sproul Plaza by protesters in lieu of the tents that had been evicted from there in a pre-dawn raid, captured the imagination of thousands of our readers. … Continue reading »

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Devastating fire in apartment building, Haste at Telegraph

November 19, 2011 10:43 am by Tracey Taylor
Firefighters dousing hot spots on Saturday morning

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A five-alarm fire that broke out at around 8:30 pm Friday at 2441 Haste Street burned through the night and has left the 39-unit Sequoia Apartments building uninhabitable. Residents and neighbors were evacuated and there were no reported casualties, according to Assistant Fire Chief Sabina Imrie.

The retail businesses on the street level of the Telegraph side of the corner building, including Café Intermezzo, Raleigh’s, Thai Noodle II, and the not-yet-opened Gabrielle’s were also impacted by the fire.

The cause of the fire has not been determined and investigations could not be conducted this morning as the building is not deemed safe to enter. Deputy Fire Chief Gil Dong told Berkeleyside several floors of the building have collapsed, as have sections of the roof. … Continue reading »

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