All BS aside - went to the site this afternoon - Caltrans was working and Oakland and E’ville’s Finest had the area cordoned off .. looks like it’s going to be a max 24 hr effort.
I read that the Oakland FD arrived on the scene and put water on the fire but decided to let it burn out rather than apply foam to put the fire out. The story said that they decided not to apply foam because the foam chemical residue might pollute the Bay. Using foam might have stopped the collapse of the structure and forestalled the nightmare commute that we will suffer for months. I'm sure we will be hearing a lot more in the future about the decision to let it burn out without using foam.
I work as a CALTRANS consultant...statewide, we’re directing a lot of personnel and effort towards this.