Fire Damages Concord Duplex This Morning

A two-alarm fire damaged a duplex in Concord this morning, a Contra Costa County Fire Protection District spokesman said. The fire was reported at about 6:35 a.m. on St. Phillip Court, a cul-de-sac off of Willow Pass Road, Fire Marshal Robert Marshall said.

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Firefighters responded within 10 minutes and found a fire in a garage with a car inside and flames that spread to the two units of the duplex, Marshall said.

Everyone got out of the homes safely and the blaze was extinguished by 7:30 a.m. with no injuries reported, he said.

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Two adults and five children were displaced from one of the units and a single adult was displaced from the other, Marshall said.

The blaze, which caused an estimated $350,000 in damage, is not considered suspicious, he said.

The cause remains under investigation, but fire officials are looking at a couple electrical items in the garage that may have sparked the flames, Marshall said.

--Bay City News

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