West Oakland fire probe intensifies with arrival of up to 20 federal agents
An arsonist started an earlier fire at the unfinished West Oakland residential complex that burned down this week, officials revealed Wednesday as a team of federal agents arrived at the site to investigate.
The investigation into a fire at an unfinished residential complex in West Oakland intensified Wednesday as federal agents arrived and officials revealed that an arsonist started an earlier blaze at the site.
The massive fire broke out early Tuesday at a project called Ice House, a group of all-electric, solar townhomes. The construction site was targeted by an arsonist on April 29 in a smaller fire intentionally set in a stairwell, a city Fire Department official told The Chronicle on Wednesday.