Eight big rig trucks caught fire Sunday morning in West Oakland, sending a black plume of smoke drifting high into the sky.

None of the trucks appeared to be attached to trailers when they caught fire just after 8:30 a.m. near 14th and Maritime streets in West Oakland, according to Michael Hunt, a spokesman for the Oakland Fire Department. They appeared to have been parked at the time in a lot, and each rig had been facing the same direction.

Twelve firefighters from three engine companied managed to bring the fire under control at 8:56 a.m., Hunt said. No one was injured.

The cause of the blaze remains under investigation.

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