Warehouse Fire Near Senior Apartments Prompts Evacuations

SAN DIEGO, CA — A three-alarm fire near the Potiker senior apartments in East Village left one person with burn injuries and prompted about 50 residents to evacuate Wednesday morning.

The fire was reported just before 4:30 a.m. near Market Street and 14th Street, officials said. Around 100 firefighters responded to the incident.

The fire ignited at the Red Barn warehouse, which serves as the home to a pedicab business, according to the San Diego Union Tribune. Flames engulfed the warehouse and reached the exterior of the nearby senior apartment, which promoted evacuations due to smoke infiltrating the apartments, officials said.

The flames were knocked down just after 6 a.m., officials said.

The cause of the fire was not immediately known. A damage estimate was also not immediately available.

— City News Service