Displaced apartment building residents stand in the street at the scene of a three-alarm fire at the corner of Broadway and 19th Street in Downtown Oakland, Calif., on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (Andres Jimenez Larios/ Bay City News)

The city of Oakland on Monday gave displaced residents of a building fire temporary shelter and will support them “around the clock,” Mayor Barbara Lee said.  

Three people were injured and scores of tenants were displaced following a three-alarm fire that ripped through a five-story building in the 1700 block of Broadway Monday morning at about 7 a.m. 

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.