San Diego Apartment Fire: Candle Mishap Leaves Residents Displaced

INCIDENT DATE/TIME: 1-30-24 4:15 AM
LOCATION: 627 Carla Way
AREA/CITY: San Diego
DETAILS:

1. Several Park La Jolla apartment complex apartments are heavily damaged by fire, smoke, or water.
2. Firefighters arrived at a fully involved apartment on the second floor that spread into an adjacent apartment.
3. 911 Dispatchers received reports of an explosion before the fire.
4. The windows were blown out.
5. The resident told us he was in the shower and had burning candles in a room.
6. He believes that a candle fell over and started the fire.
7. He got out with only a towel and started to try to evacuate his neighbors.
8. No reported injuries, but five adults and three children are being displaced.
9. The American Red Cross has been requested to come and aid the displaced people.
10. MAST is on its way to investigate the cause of the fire.

HANDLING AGENCIES: SDFD & MAST

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