8 People Displaced By Walnut Creek Apartment Fire

WALNUT CREEK, CA — No injuries were reported in an apartment fire in Walnut Creek early Wednesday morning, but eight people are displaced as a result of the blaze. The cause of the fire is still under investigation, according to a spokesman for the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District.

A passerby reported the single-alarm fire at 12:20 a.m. at the Ygnacio Gardens Apartments at 1919 Ygnacio Valley Road, according to Fire Marshal Robert Marshall.

Crews brought the fire under control by 12:50 a.m. and managed to keep it from spreading beyond the second-story unit where it started, but up to four other units may have sustained water damage during the effort to
extinguish it, Marshall said.

Five adults, three children and a dog were displaced.

"There was nobody home at the time of the fire, so that part of it makes it seem strange," Marshall said.

The residents of the unit that caught fire were in the process of moving out, Marshall said. They were evicted on Tuesday, according to a property manager.

The American Red Cross is helping the displaced residents find temporary housing.

— Bay City News; Image via Shutterstock

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