BREAKING UPDATE: Fire officials confirm the building where a four-alarm blaze broke out in Oakland is a senior living facility, and fire crews were escorting some of the rescued individuals from the scene.
The fire broke out around 6:15 a.m. on the fifth floor of a building in the 400 block of Santa Clara Avenue, firefighters said. It was contained a little less than an hour later.
Multiple injuries were reported, with at least two people taken to hospitals and others treated at the scene for smoke inhalation, fire officials said. One firefighter was injured. At least nine people were rescued from hallways, stairwells and balconies, fire officials said. A total of 85 resident were evacuated.
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