Fire forces indefinite closure of Vallejo City Hall
No damage reported to the building, but a "strong smell of smoke" will keep it closed until further notice.
A fire at Vallejo’s city hall over the weekend has forced the closure of the municipal building until further notice, officials affirmed on Tuesday.
The blaze started Sunday morning during an unscheduled outage affecting Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) customers in Vallejo. During the outage, a backup generator at City Hall failed shortly after it was activated and started a fire.
The fire did not cause widespread damage to the building, and there were no injuries associated with the blaze. But the incident did trigger a “strong smell of smoke,” which continues to linger throughout the building.
“Out of caution for the health and safety of our staff and visitors, we closed City Hall until the air is remediated,” officials said in a statement.
Until the situation is resolved, all public meetings will be held at the Vallejo Room inside the John F. Kennedy Library. That includes an upcoming City Council meeting that is scheduled for Tuesday evening.
Those who want to pay water bills in person can continue to do so, the city said, though there is also an online billing portal where residents and businesses can make payments.