Crime & Safety

Apartment Fire Sends Two to Hospital with Burns

The blaze was reported around 1:50 p.m. at an apartment in the 2300 block of Road 20, according to fire officials.

Two people were hospitalized with burns after escaping a one-alarm fire that badly damaged a San Pablo apartment this afternoon, a Contra Costa County Fire Protection District spokesman said.

The blaze was reported around 1:50 p.m. at an apartment in the 2300 block of Road 20, Fire Inspector Steve Aubert said.
Firefighters arrived on the scene to find smoke and flames coming from an apartment building’s second-story windows, Aubert said.

He said firefighters got the fire under control around 2:05 p.m. and prevented it from spreading to any neighboring apartments.

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Two residents of the apartment were taken to hospitals with burns. No other injuries were reported. The fire caused an estimated $150,000 in damage and left the two residents displaced, Aubert said.

Fire officials have yet to determine what caused the blaze.

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