One Injured In San Leandro Apartment Fire

SAN LEANDRO, CA — One person suffered burns and smoke inhalation in a San Leandro apartment fire just after midnight Wednesday morning. Five people were displaced from 5 different apartments. They received help from the Red Cross.

The fire was reported at 12:08 a.m. when occupants of the apartment building went to an Alameda COunty Fire Department fire station just a block away to notify firefighters. The one alarm fire on 143rd Avenue was confined to one apartment.

The injured person has burns to a hand and the smoke inhalation is considered mild, according to the fire department. Firefighters determined that unattended candles left burning in the 2nd story apartment caused the fire.

Paramedics Plus, PG&E and the San Leandro Police Department also responded to the scene to help with emergency efforts.

-Image via Alameda County Fire

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