Napa Firefighter Hurt Battling Wednesday Apartment Fire

A firefighter was injured while battling a blaze that burned three apartments in two buildings and displaced three people in Napa on Wednesday night, a fire division chief said.

The fire in the 1900 block of Brown Street was reported at 10:34 p.m. It started on the back deck area of a second floor apartment occupied by a couple who were watching TV at the time, Napa Division Chief and Fire Marshal Darren Drake said. Firefighters controlled the fire in an hour.

One firefighter was injured when a piece of metal got in his eye. He was treated at a hospital and released this morning, Drake said. The fire burned a vacant apartment and part of another apartment rented by a single woman who arrived home after the blaze had started, Drake said.

The fire destroyed the vacant apartment and the apartment occupied by the couple and flames got into the attic and living quarters of the apartment occupied by the single woman.

The cause of the fire is under investigation, Drake said.

--Bay City News

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