Crime & Safety
UPDATE On Fremont House Fire On Hughes Place
Rescued resident reportedly weighed 600 pounds; blankets, tarps employed to get him safely out of the house.
FREMONT, CA - One person is being treated for smoke inhalation after a fire at a home in Fremont this morning, fire officials said. The blaze was reported at 6:09 a.m. in the 5500 block of Hughes Place.
Crews rescued the person from the home and extinguished the fire as of shortly before 6:55 a.m., fire officials said on Twitter.
KRON4 reported that the resident weighed 600 pounds, and rescuers used blankets and tarps to remove him during the blaze.
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An investigator has been called out to determine the cause of the blaze.
No other information about the fire was immediately available.
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--Bay City News contributed to this report/Image via FFD
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