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Crews respond to West Berkeley vegetation fire

Berkeley police closed West Frontage Road between Gilman Street and University Avenue.

Authorities in Berkeley are responding to a quarter-acre vegetation fire in West Berkeley on Wednesday afternoon.

As of publication time, the cause remained unknown.

Berkeley police closed West Frontage Road between Gilman Street and University Avenue during the response.

Footage from ALERTCalifornia, a public safety and environmental monitoring program based at the University of California, San Diego, showed smoke billowing into the air.

See ongoing updates at The Berkeley Scanner.

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