Crime & Safety

Fire Damages Walnut House; 1 Sent to Hospital

BREAKING: The individual suffered from smoke inhalation, officials said.

WALNUT, CA – A fire damaged a house in Walnut today and left a person in need of treatment for smoke inhalation.

Firefighters sent to the 800 block of North Silver Valley Terrace at 10:39 a.m. extinguished the flames in the two-story building in 21 minutes, according to the county fire department.

Paramedics took one person to a hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation.

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The cause of the fire was under investigation.

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