Firefighters knock down blaze inside Santa Paula home
SANTA PAULA, Calif. - Ventura County Fire Department crews knocked down a fire that ignited inside a Santa Paula home Sunday morning.
Multiple engines responded to the single-family home on the 200 block of N. Palm Avenue around 9:42 a.m.
There, firefighters reported that a room and its contents had caught on fire.
A search was conducted and attack on the fire began until it was reported as successfully knocked down around 9:59 a.m.
#PalmInc; Main fire knocked down with extensive mop up (search and cooling of all hotspots) due to hoarder style living conditions. @VCFD #vcfd pic.twitter.com/KKjMGhhCT4
— VCFD PIO (@VCFD_PIO) January 24, 2021
Firefighters then began a thorough search of the home for hotspots, to prevent the fire from flaring back up. This was considered an extensive search do to reported hoarding conditions in the home.
Fortunately, no injuries were reported in connection to this incident.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
