4 People Injured, Dog Killed in House Fire

A dog was killed in a two-alarm house fire in Milpitas early this morning that injured four people.

Firefighters responded to a report of a fire in the 2200 block of Farmcrest Street east of Hillcrest Park shortly before 3 a.m., Milpitas emergency services coordinator Sean Simonson said.

The blaze at the two-story home was under control by about 4 a.m., Simonson said.

Fire crews extricated four people from the home, he said. Of the four people injured in the fire, three of them were sent to a hospital for burns and significant injuries suffered when they were extricated from the home, Simonson said.

Simonson could not confirm if the fourth person was also transported to a hospital or treated on scene and released.

A battalion chief at the scene of the fire confirmed that a dog had perished in the fire, Simonson said.

The fire caused an estimated $375,000 in damage, he said.

San Jose firefighters also assisted crews in extinguishing the fire, according to Simonson.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

--Bay City News

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