Flames Engulf Lake Forest Home; Man Hospitalized: OCFA

LAKE FOREST, CA — One man was hospitalized after flames engulfed a Lake Forest home Wednesday, firefighters said.

The fire happened at 1 p.m. Wednesday on Jutewood Place, according to the Orange County Fire Authority.

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The man who lived in the house was unaccounted for when firefighters arrived to the scene, but was quickly found outside the home and "dangerously close to the fire," OCFA said.

Crews put out the flames in eight minutes and the man was taken to a hospital by paramedics to be treated for possible smoke inhalation, officials said.