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Fire with heavy smoke near BART tracks at Forest Ave, Castro Valley CA

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Forest Ave, Castro Valley, CA 94546

A fire producing heavy black smoke was reported underneath the BART tracks near Fifth Street and Forest Avenue. The fire may have originated from an encampment or construction materials. It does not appear to threaten the train automation systems.

Audio|Source: Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) - Rail Operations
00:34
Transcript:
00:00
It looks like there's a fire underneath the tracks, a lot of black smoke coming out. It doesn't look like it's a hazard to ATO.
00:07
It looks like something's on fire underneath, though.
00:11
Zero decimal six was the milepost on the hem one side.
00:15
Did you see what it was burning or any cross streets?
00:24
It looks like it's about fifth and for us. It's right around that area. I couldn't really tell.
00:29
It looks like maybe like an encampment or maybe some sort of construction. I'm not sure.
00:34
Probably.

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Forest Ave, Castro Valley, CA 94546

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