Ridge VRS responds to 2-Alarm California Apartment Complex fire

 
By EMT-B / IV Tech Scot Best
April 19, 2010
 

On Saturday, April 17, around 1800, multiple fire and EMS units were dispatched to the scene of a working commercial building fire on Laurel Glen Road in California. The fire reportedly destroyed five units and damaged 18 others. Over 30 people, a total of 17 families who reside in the complex, were not able to return to their homes. The Red Cross is assisting. The only injuries reported were to four firefighters; three were transported to St. Mary's Hospital and treated for electrical shock; a fourth suffered a broken finger.

Photos courtesy John Douglass

 
Units: Ambulance 499
 
Mutual Aid: Engines 92, 32, 33, 72, 73, 10, 62, 21, 831, 871, Tower 9, Trucks 3, 7 & 83, WS 5, Ambulances 388, 397, 398, 399, 797, 199