Visalia firefighters save $2.5M apartment complex on East Houston Avenue after fire starts inside wall
A fire deep in a wall could have taken an entire apartment complex down. Instead, Visalia firefighters found the source and doused the flames from spreading.
Just after 5 p.m. on Monday in the 700 block of East Houston Avenue, a few blocks west of FoodMaxx, firefighters were called to investigate smoke coming from an apartment, Battalion Chief Darrin Hughes said.
"The first engine arrived and went into investigation mode to locate the source causing the smoke," he said. "Fire personnel were checking one apartment unit while two other fire crews were instructed to check the apartments on both sides of the apartment in question to check for any extension into the attic."
A small fire was found in the wall of one of the apartments and was quickly extinguished, Hughes added. No one was injured and firefighters estimated the total damage at $5,500. The complex is worth about $2.5 million, Hughes said.
The cause of the fire is unknown and under investigation. No injuries were reported.
This article originally appeared on Visalia Times-Delta: Visalia firefighters save $2.5M apartment complex on East Houston Avenue
