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neighborhoods of Berkeley, overwhelming the capabilities of the Berkeley Fire Department to stop it. The house at 125 Shasta Road was the first to be destroyed in the fire. A number of UC students fought the advance of the fire as it approached the north edge of the University of California campus,
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As a belated result of the fire, the City of Berkeley constructed a fire station in the hills at 2931 Shasta Road (at Queens Road) just below Grizzly Peak Blvd, in 1948. In the early 2000s, this station was replaced and relocated to a nearby site just above Grizzly Peak Blvd. at 3000 Shasta Road, on
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Firefighting efforts were hampered by the inadequacy of water mains in northern Berkeley, where rapid development after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake had outgrown the water supply in the fire area. Firefighters trying to fight the fire connected to hydrants in the area that hissed dry. An
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Building styles in North Berkeley changed dramatically after the 1923 fire, with stucco and tile roof homes largely, but not entirely, replacing the wood-sided and cedar-shaked construction styles popularized by the
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that consumed some 640 structures, including 584 houses in the densely built neighborhoods north of the campus of the
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additional problem was the predominance of cedar shake (rough shingle) roofs. However, according to Audrey Boyd in
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at Hearst Avenue. The other edge of the fire was fought by firefighters as it advanced on
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The total loss was estimated at $ 10,000,000 by the National Board of Fire Underwriters.
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Although the exact cause was never determined, the fire began in the undeveloped
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north of University Avenue. Firefighters were rushed in from neighboring
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Report on the Berkeley, California Conflagration of September 17, 1923
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Intersection of Scenic Ave. and Virginia St. right after the fire
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Response of San Francisco Fire Department (SF Virtual Museum)
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Berkeley, California
conflagration
University of California
Berkeley, California
chaparral
grasslands
Wildcat Canyon
Berkeley Hills
Codornices Creek
northeasterly wind
La Loma Park
Northside
downtown Berkeley
Shattuck Avenue
Oakland
San Francisco
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