Overview

• The two-alarm vegetation fire ignited just after 5 p.m. Saturday near 98th and Stanley avenues on the western edge of the Oakland Zoo.
• Zoo officials evacuated guests and staff as a precaution and confirmed that all animals and personnel were unharmed.
• Oakland Fire Department crews halted the blaze’s forward progress by approximately 5:45 p.m. and fully contained it within an hour.
• Cleanup operations cleared debris and reopened the third and fourth westbound lanes and on-ramps of Interstate 580 by around 7:45 p.m.
• Fire investigators continue to examine fireworks residue at the scene to determine if they sparked the vegetation fire.