Politics & Government

Court Case Over 2023 Massive Scrap Metal Fire In West Oakland Progressing, DA Price Says

The DA's office alleges the company continued to accumulate scrap metal despite equipment failures in the days leading up to the fire.

(CBS Bay Area)

October 31, 2024

Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price said the case against Radius Recycling, related to last year's massive scrap metal fire at its facility in West Oakland, is moving along.

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"There have been a number of proceedings since we filed in June and so we're hopefully at a point where the case is going to move forward," said DA Price.

This summer DA Price announced a grand jury had indicted Radius Recycling and two of its managers on several charges including felony violations of the California Health and Safety Code.

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