Fire at NIMBY Art Space in Oakland

by Scott Beale on September 10, 2008 · 3 comments

Lost Vegas

This morning there was a fire at NIMBY, a DIY art space run by our friends in Oakland. Luckily everyone is ok, but it’s not clear what caused the fire or the extent of the damage.

“Industrial art space catches fire in West Oakland” – The Oakland Tribune

If anyone has any additional information on the fire, let us know in the comments.

UPDATE: NIMBY is asking for help to finance the relocation of their space.

thanks to Rob for the tip

photo by Scott Beale

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1 edrabbit September 10, 2008 at 12:23 pm

Word of mouth information says it was probably a space heater. Damage was pretty much limited to the container where the fire started and did not spread. The building is closed for investigation and noone is allowed to enter currently. Fortunately nobody was hurt and a great deal of Bay Area art (Kinetic Steam Works and Interpretive Arson are current tenants among a number of others) is safe.

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2 David September 10, 2008 at 12:42 pm

They say the fire was caused by a new tenant's space heater that was left on. A few people on scene tried heroically to put it out with hand held extinguishers, but it had grown too large.

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3 Joe R September 14, 2008 at 11:10 am

Check http://www.nimbyspace.org for details about the fire and what we're doing next. NIMBY will rise again!

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