Man Injured In San Lorenzo House Fire

SAN LORENZO, CA — The sound of coughing inside a burning home alerted Alameda County firefighters that there was a victim trapped in a burning home.

A 60-year-old man is in stable condition at a hospital after he suffered smoke inhalation in a one-alarm fire in San Lorenzo late Wednesday night, a fire spokeswoman said.

The fire was reported at a house in the 900 block of Heather Lane at 11:12 p.m. Wednesday, Alameda County Fire Department spokeswoman Aisha Knowles said.

Knowles said a fire engine that had been responding to a medical call only a few blocks away arrived within minutes and found heavy smoke coming from both floors of a two-story house.

While firefighters were preparing for an offensive fire attack, they heard what sounded like someone coughing from inside the residence and quickly shifted to preparing to enter for a potential rescue, Knowles said.

Shortly after entering the house, firefighters located an unconscious and unresponsive man on the first floor about 6 feet away from the front entry of the residence, according to Knowles.

The man was pulled out by firefighters and treated on the front lawn of the residence, Knowles said.

He was then transported by paramedics to a hospital, where he's in stable condition with moderate injuries from smoke inhalation, according to Knowles.

Most of the one-alarm blaze was located in the kitchen and extended up a wall burning through the second-story hallway floor directly above the kitchen, Knowles said.

The fire was contained to that residence within 20 minutes of firefighters arriving at the scene, she said.

There were no additional reports of injuries.

— Bay City News contributed to this report; Image via Alameda County Fire Department

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