Irvine Fire: Dog rescued from burning apartment, no injuries reported
Neighbors used fire extinguishers to suppress flames in a first-floor unit before Orange County firefighters arrived to save the animal.
By Tessa Cooper ·
Orange County Fire Authority crews rescued a dog from a first-floor apartment in Irvine on Sunday after the unit caught fire. Neighbors had already used fire extinguishers to reduce the flames before emergency personnel arrived at the scene.
Dispatchers received the call at 3:51 p.m. Sunday for the two-story complex located in the 3900 block of Parkview Lane. The address is situated less than a block away from the Rancho San Joaquin Golf Course, according to fire authority records.
The blaze started in a ground-floor unit. KTLA reported that nearby residents retrieved fire extinguishers and attempted to suppress the fire. Their actions helped reduce the intensity of the flames prior to the arrival of professional crews.
Firefighters worked to extinguish the remaining fire while other teams searched the apartment for trapped occupants. During the search, crews located the dog and removed it from the building. The fire was contained to the original unit and did not spread to adjacent apartments.
Greg Barta, a representative for the Orange County Fire Authority, told City News Service that no one, including the dog, sustained injuries in the incident. He stated that no residents were home when the fire started. Crews had not spoken with the residents by the time they departed the scene, leaving it unclear if any tenants were displaced.
Investigators are currently determining the cause of the fire.
