Posts Tagged ‘house fire’
Walnut Creek Home Damaged By Fire Monday; Occupant Injured
Firefighters responding to reports of a house fire on 1st Avenue in Walnut Creek this afternoon were met by heavy smoke and flames upon arrival, adjacent vegetation further limiting their access to the scene. Sadly, the occupant of the home required transportation to a local hospital. The nature of her injuries was unknown. The fire…
Read MoreTwo-Alarm Blaze Burns Through Lafayette Home Thursday
Firefighters from throughout Lamorinda turned out to battle a fiercely burning fire racing through a two-story home at 3462 Golden Gate Way in Lafayette early Thursday morning. The firefighting effort was hampered, evidently, by a large number of stored items inside the residence. The home’s lone occupant was able to leave the residence and is…
Read MoreFire Damages Walnut Creek Home Monday
Firefighters responded to reports of fire at a home on Edmund Court in Walnut Creek Monday, arriving to find the single-story residence heavily involved in flames and a resident isolated in the backyard. Crews set up to fight the fire while extracting the unidentified resident, who was not believed to have been injured. The blaze…
Read MoreTwo-Alarm Blaze Damages Walnut Creek Home Saturday
Fire in a rear room of a home at 32 Mi Elana Court touched off a 2-Alarm response from Contra Costa County Fire Protection District firefighters early Saturday. Firefighters responding to reports of smoke in the single-story home observed smoke pouring from the residence’s windows and vents and initiated a search for occupants – which…
Read MoreSmoked Cat, A Little Nervous, But Alive…
If you read us you know we enjoy a good news photo when one presents itself. They are hard to get and take skill to make. Our digital comrades at East County Today snagged this one as a Contra Costa County Fire Protection District firefighter trundled a soggy feline out of a burning home on…
Read MoreEarly-Morning Fire Damages Lafayette Home Thursday
Firefighters and PG&E workers remain on scene of a pre-dawn house fire that broke out in Lafayette Thursday morning – the latest in a string of fires in the 24/680. First responders were summoned to a residence in the 3200 block of Withers Ave. shortly before 4 a.m. and were met with fire burning in…
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