An elderly woman was critically injured during a second- alarm house fire early Saturday in Long Beach, authorities said.
Officers responded about 12:30 a.m. to assist the Long Beach Fire Department with a house fire in the 4600 block of East Goldfield Avenue, according to the Long Beach Police Department.
“Upon arrival, Long Beach Fire Department personnel were treating a female adult who had been found unresponsive inside the residence,” according to a police statement. “She was transported to a local hospital in critical condition.”
Firefighters dispatched to the location about 12:30 a.m. had the fire out within five minutes of their arrival, according to Capt. Jack Crabtree of the Long Beach Fire Department.
One witnessed described the inferno.
“We see the front porch of the house fully involved in flames,” said the man, who declined to be publicly identified. “So my partner gets out of the car, runs toward the house, starts yelling and banging on windows, trying to wake anybody up inside of the house.
“I grabbed my camera, I ran over there, I started yelling as well, banging on windows,” the man said.”
The cause of the fire was under investigation. Arson investigators were among those who responded to the scene.
City News Service contributed to this report.