A fire inside an Encinitas home was so intense Monday night firefighters could not enter the building to try and rescue two people living inside.
A neighbor broke out windows trying to help rescue animals but the two people living inside the home didn’t make it out alive.
The fire started around 7:30 p.m. in the 1100 block of Regal Road.
“The whole residential portion of that first floor was on fire with fire coming out of the roof,” said Encinitas Fire Deputy Chief Scott Henry. [click to continue…]
Firefighters are investigating a fire that scorched more than a dozen trees in Rancho Mirage on Monday.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection received reports at 2:38 p.m. that 15 palm trees were on fire in the hills west of Bob Hope Drive and Highway 111.
Firefighters had to hike to the scene and a helicopter was used to extinguish the flames.
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ENCINITAS — An elderly man in a wheelchair and an elderly woman perished in a fire Monday night that consumed their home, said Encinitas fire Deputy Chief Scott Henry.
The first firefighters arrived about 7:30 P.M. and reported flames shooting out of the roof and intense fire at the front of the single story home on Regal Road near Santa Fe Drive, Scott said. Because of the intensity of the blaze, they could not enter the home to search for the residents.
“There was just too much fire to mount a rescue,” Scott said. [click to continue…]
Firefighters are still investigating what sparked a one-alarm Menlo Park blaze over the weekend that damaged a house to the tune of $400,000 and displaced the homeowner and her dog, a fire official said Monday.
A man walking near a Sharon Heights ranch-style house on the 900 block of Continental Drive at about 4:35 p.m. Saturday noticed flames coming out of a roof vent and alerted the homeowner, Menlo Park Fire Protection District Chief Harold Schapelhouman said. The homeowner, who was sitting in front of her fireplace with her dog, wasn’t aware of the blaze, he added. [click to continue…]
Riverside County firefighters are investigating the cause of a fire that injured three people and displaced eight residents of a Beaumont apartment complex Sunday.
The fire was reported at 8:14 a.m. in the 600 block of East Fifth Street, Cal Fire officials said.
Firefighters found a blaze in the attic of a six-unit complex. The fire was contained in minutes, but caused an estimated $75,000 in damage.
Paramedics took two adults and a child to San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation
By Melissa Pinion-Whitt/sbsun
Two women, one of them 90 years old, escaped a fire that destroyed a mobile home Tuesday morning in central Fresno.
The fire was reported about 9 a.m. on the 2700 block of West Ashlan Avenue.
Fresno Fire Department spokesman Gary Eberhard said two roofers working nearby heard the fire break out.
They helped get the 90-year-old and her companion, whose age was not provided, out of the home.
Firefighters arrived and took on the blaze, but the home, valued at $50,000, was destroyed. An additional $10,000 in contents were lost.
By Jim Guy / The Fresno Bee
Firefighters were called to a fire Sunday night at a single-story home near Palm Desert, where the garage area was fully engulfed.
The home is in the 39300 block of Manorgate Road in Sun City Del Web.
Firefighters said no one was injured in the fire, though the Red Cross is helping residents who were displaced.
Reported by: KPSP Local 2 News
A fire in a Beaumont apartment today sent two adults and an infant to a hospital, firefighters said.
The blaze was reported at 8:14 a.m. in a six-unit building at 600 E. Fifth St. Eight people were evacuated and one family — two adults and an infant — were rushed to the San Gorgonio Hospital with smoke inhalation injuries, said Cheri Patterson, a spokesperson for the Riverside County Fire Department.
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A fire inside an Encinitas home was so intense Monday night firefighters could not enter the building to try and rescue two people living inside.
