Crime & Safety

Six Displaced in Mountain View House Fire Monday

Authorities did not know if the displaced residents received assistance from the American Red Cross, family or friends.

Six people were displaced in a two-alarm residential fire in Mountain View on Monday afternoon, a fire spokesman said today.

Firefighters responded to a report of smoke showing in the 200 block of Lassen Avenue around 2:40 p.m., fire spokesman Lynn Brown said.

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Crews arrived on the scene where they found two single-family homes in flames and brought the fire under control shortly before 3:15 p.m., Brown said.

Brown did not know if the displaced residents received assistance from the American Red Cross, family or friends.

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No injuries were reported.

A damage estimate was not immediately available Tuesday afternoon.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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