Castro Valley Family Burned Out of Home

Firefighters extinguished a one-alarm kitchen fire in a Castro Valley home late Wednesday afternoon, a fire spokeswoman said.

The fire was reported at 4:42 p.m. in the 18400 block of Carlwyn Drive, Alameda County Fire Department spokeswoman Aisha Knowles said.

The house’s kitchen was on fire when crews arrived. It took about 10 minutes to get the fire out and it did not spread beyond the kitchen, Knowles said.

Investigators are still trying to determine the cause, but the fire was possibly started by an electrical issue, Knowles said.

The family of three who lived in the home were displaced and are being assisted by the American Red Cross, Knowles said. No one was injured.

--Bay City News; Patch Image Archive

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