Berkeley streets closed after hazardous materials found at home

Berkeley streets closed after hazardous materials found at home

(BCN) — Police in Berkeley closed several streets Monday morning and issued a shelter in place in the Thousands Oaks neighborhood, where crews are removing a highly volatile and toxic substan…

Evacuations, shelter in place order in effect while hazardous materials removed from Berkeley home

BERKELEY — Residents within a roughly one-block radius of the intersection of Colusa and Tacoma avenues in the Thousand Oaks area were told Monday morning to either shelter in place or leave the area while some potentially volatile old photography lab chemicals were to be removed from a home, authorities said. Residents were told they should prepare to be out of the area or inside their homes the entire day, or until an all-clear is posted on th…

Thousand Oaks school, homes under hazmat shelter in place in North Berkeley

Anyone within a one-block radius of where Colusa meets Tacoma will have to shelter in place or leave the area by 10:30 a.m.

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Hazardous materials removed from Berkeley home, shelter-in-place lifted

By Tim Fang A shelter-in-place order issued for a Berkeley neighborhood following the discovery of hazardous materials inside a home has been lifted, officials said Monday afternoon. According to Berkeley Police, a resident on the 800 block of Colusa Avenue in North Berkeley notified firefighters on Friday about several bottles of hazardous substances in their basement. Police said the bottles were consistent with chemicals found in old photogra…

Hazardous Material Discovery Leads to Road Closures and Shelter-in-Place Order in Berkeley's Thousand Oaks Neighborhood

Berkeley Police report hazardous materials found in a residence, causing road closures and shelter-in-place orders in Thousand Oaks.