A blaze ignited in an outdoor trash can and quickly spread to a home in Carslbad on Sunday morning and resulted damage to the home.
The fire at the single-story home located on Palacio Drive by Anillo Way was called in at 1:50 a.m. and was extinguished about 10 minutes later, a Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District dispatcher reported.
The blaze consumed the wall of the home, the dispatcher reported.
No one was hurt in the incident.
A fire caused $150,000 in damage to a home, forced a resident to the hospital with smoke injuries and resulted in the death of a dog and a cat Monday afternoon, officials reported.
The fire was called in a little after 12:30 p.m. from a one-story home located on Joyce Street near Avocado Avenue.
A man was at home when the fire ignited and he was able to get out in time. He was transported to UCSD Medical Center to receive medical attention for smoke inhalation, stated El Cajon spokeswoman Monica Zech. Firefighters went in the home to grab a dog and a cat but tragically were unable to save them in time. A second cat was not found.
The fire is believed to possibly have been started from a cooking incident, but officials are still looking into the details, Zech added.
Firefighters from the El Cajon and San Miguel fire departments extinguished the fire in under 15 minutes. Two people were left without a home and the Red Cross is going to aide them in finding shelter for the time being, Zech stated.
Two residents within a house that caught on fire Wednesday were able to exit the house in time before the fire engulfed the two homes and a storage garage.
The fire began at about 10:50 a.m. at the home located on Kenwood Drive near Gracia Paseo. Fire investigators reported that the fire resulted in about $350,000 in damage and was ignited by an old electrical wiring in the ceiling.
Terri Talmadge, 45, reported that she was getting out of the shower when she heard noises coming from her roommate’s bedroom.
“All I saw was black smoke at the top of the house,” Talmadge stated.
She added that her sister, Paige, who is also a resident of the home, dialed 911. Talmadge informed officers she only had enough time to pick up her purse before she quickly exited the building covered in flames.
“All this happened so fast. It was like that,” she stated.
Firefighters had the ability to contain the fire and keep it from taking over homes close by. The fire was extinguished at 11:27 a.m., reported Gary Croucher, division chief of the San Miguel Consolidated Fire Protection District.
Croucher also informed that 37 firefighters from San Miguel, La Mesa El Cajon, Lemon Grove and Bonita fire departments arrived at the scene to combat the fire.
The Red Cross is helping people find shelter after the fire struck.
Talmadge stated that she watched over 18 feral cats that lived in the garage and she was not sure how they were affected by the fire. Croucher added that she didn’t think the cats were still alive and didn’t know what had happened to them, but their escape route had been blocked during the fire.
A fire sparked at a duplex located on South Vista Campana near Vista Oceana and was put out rather fast Tuesday night, reported Oceanside fire Battalion Chief Peter Lawrence.
The fire was called in around 5:40 p.m., and the first group of firefighters to show up at the location said that they saw smoke drifting from the roof. The fire was contained about 15 minutes after. No one was injured in the incident, but a minimum of three residents were left without shelter for the following nights, Lawrence stated.
The majority of the blaze was brought under control and confined to a single-car garage attached to the duplex, with a small amount of flames in a room next to it, Lawrence added.
The flames sparked when roof repairers earlier that day used a blow torch to heat roofing materials, Lawrence stated. Some wood on the roof was accidentally set on fire and dropped into the garage underneath, causing household cleaners to catch on fire, Lawrence stated.
Damage was said to be about $72,000, including $22,000 damage to a 2010 Ford Flex being kept in the garage.
Three people were left without a home on Sunday afternoon after a fire sparked that completely engulfed the second story of a home in eastern Chula Vista.
Fire officials asked for an ambulance to come to the scene to assist a 63-year-old woman with an unstated injury.
The fire was called in from the home located on Via Armado near Positas Road at 2:09 p.m. The fire was extinguished within the next 15 minutes.
Chula Vista and Heartland fire fighters arrived at the scene to fight the fire, which resulted in a house not suitable to hold its residents. Red Cross officials were also contacted in order to assist the residents in finding temporary shelter.
Fire officials are investigating the damage and are trying to find out what sparked the fire.
Firefighters spent about 30 minutes trying to extinguish a fire on the second level of home in Encinitas on Sunday night, a dispatcher reported.
The fire at the home located on Orpheus Avenue near Leucadia Boulevard was called in around 8:30 p.m. Fourteen firefighters and two chiefs arrived at the scene to fight the blaze.
More information was not yet released.
A two level home caught fire in Leucadia on Sunday night after a candle left to burn by itself spread fire and resulted in about $250,000 in damage.
The fire occurred at a home located on Orpheus Avenue north of Leucadia Boulevard, and was called in a little before 8:30 p.m., reported Deputy Chief Scott Henry of the Encinitas Fire Department. It was extinguished in a matter of 40 minutes, Scott stated.
Firefighters were able to contain the fire to one room but the smoke caused severe damage to the rest of the home, Henry reported. Damage was said to be about $150,000 to the structure and $100,000 to its contents.
The residents were able to flee without getting hurt.
An 89-year-old woman who died in a fire at her home in National City last week has been reported to be Evelyn Blanch Williams, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office on Monday.
Neighbors said they saw smoke and flames coming from the home located on Orrell Drive near D Avenue the afternoon of Feb. 15. When firefighters showed up at the scene they looked through the home and discovered Williams’ lying dead on the ground in the front room of the house.
An autopsy revealed that she had passed away due to severe burns.
One dog was also killed in the fire, and a second dog was saved. The source of the fire has not been announced.
Neighbors reported that Williams’ family, the Orrells, built and repaired the location a couple years ago.
A burning cigarette left without attention in an apartment on Friday started a fire that resulted in $10,000 worth in damage to the apartment and left one person without a home, fire officials reported.
The fire was called in from a bottom-floor apartment in the complex located on Calle Jules near East Bobier Drive around 12:33 a.m. A smoke detector went off and the resident was able to escape the apartment in time, stated Vista Battalion Chief Rick Minnick.
About 18 firefighters arrived to battle the flames. An automated sprinkler system went off in the apartment and extinguished the fire in the bedroom, Minnick reported.
No one was said to be hurt in the incident.
The Red Cross was contacted to assist at least one displaced resident, Minnick added.
Firefighters had their cut out for them when two fires started within two hours of each other in the San Diego area on Thursday afternoon.
The first fire started at a lower level apartment on Guy Street near Crowell Street in Midtown around 3 p.m. when a portable heater lit furniture on fire in a front room, reported San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokesman Maurice Luque.
The two adults living in the apartment were gone at the time, but their two cats were killed in the incident.
The fire resulted in about $125,000 in damage to the building and the possessions inside. No other apartments were affected by the fire.
At 4 p.m., another fire was called in at a two-story home located on 59th Street near Kings View Court in Encanto. No one was inside the home when the fire began.
The fire was ignited in a bedroom and traveled up the walls to the attic, Luque stated. Firefighters extinguished the fire in a matter of 10 minutes.
The rest of the home was damaged by smoke. The source of the fire is still being looked into.
The Red Cross helped the woman and five children who live in the home.
