Gas leak alarm at cooperative housing on Ridge Road

Heard on: Berkeley CA Fire Dispatch

00:55

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

Engine two and truck two, respond to commercial fire alarm, at (number withheld) ridge road.

00:07

Cross streets are euclid avenue and leconte avenue, scenic avenue.

00:14

Engine two on scene of a three-story cooperative living situation.

00:20

Nothing showing from the street.

00:21

We have people out evacuating.

00:22

We'll be investigating.

00:24

Copy, engine two on scene of a three-story co-op living situation.

00:27

Nothing showing.

00:28

People evacuating. Alarm sounding.

00:29

Investigating.

00:32

Go again, engine two.

00:34

Did you have traffic for Berkeley one?

00:36

That's a. Can we upgrade this to a gas leak? I copy, upgrading to a gas leak.

00:46

Battalion six, respond to gas leak at (number withheld) Ridge Road.

00:52

Cross streets are Euclid Avenue and Le Conte Avenue, Scenic Avenue.

2026-10-23 08:55 UTC

Fire

Ridge Rd, Berkeley, CA 94709

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a commercial fire alarm at a three-story cooperative living building near Ridge Road and Euclid Avenue in Berkeley. The alarm was later upgraded to a possible gas leak, and people were evacuating while crews investigated.