Crime & Safety

House Fire on Harbord Drive Quickly Controlled

The fire, about a long block outside Piedmont's city limits, was reported shortly after 5 p.m. Monday.

By Bay City News Service

Firefighters controlled a house fire in the Oakland Hills near Piedmont Monday afternoon, fire officials said.

The fire on the second floor of a two-story house at 5861 Harbord Drive (south of Moraga Avenue and west of Hwy. 13) was reported shortly after 5 p.m., according to the fire department.

A one-alarm response was called and the fire department announced the fire was under control about 20 minutes later.

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