(August 9, 2015, 6:30 a.m.) -- LB Firefighters say they noticed arcing power line wires behind and adjacent to a single family home that caught fire in the midnight hour this morning (Sun. Aug. 9.) The cause of the fire remains under LBFD investigation and is undetermined as we report at dawn:
In a release, LBFD says that at 12:15 a.m., units were dispatched to the 2600 block of Deforest Avenue; Engine 7 arrived on scene four minutes later and reported light smoke from the front of the home but significant fire visible in the rear of the structure. [LBFD release text] As suppression and vertical ventilation efforts were initiated, arcing wires were noted around the involved house and in the backyard of a neighboring home. Edison was requested for additional support. [Scroll down for further.] |
No one was injured but two people are now without a residence. At the fire's height, 27 firefighters were assigned to the handle the blaze. LBFD says its Investigators are working to determine cause and origin of the fire, which occurred in the 7th Council District.
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