Seven people have been displaced from their home after an overnight fire at a four-plex building, the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District said Wednesday.Firefighters responded to a fire off Benita Drive near Woodlawn Drive in Rancho Cordova just before midnight, Metro Fire said. Crews kept the fire mostly to one unit that took on major damage, while the three other units had mostly smoke damage.Metro Fire said it called a second alarm to deploy more resources, but it canceled that call once crews already at the scene got a good handle on the fire. No one was injured, and the cause of the fire is unknown.This was one of multiple fires Metro Fire responded to in the early hours of Wednesday. A second fire broke out after 3 a.m. along 34th Street near Q Street in the North Highlands area.Metro Fire said no one was home and that crews were able to quickly extinguish the fire. Most of the heavy damage could only be seen from inside the home. The cause of this fire is also not known.See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at kcra.com/upload.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. —
Seven people have been displaced from their home after an overnight fire at a four-plex building, the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District said Wednesday.
Firefighters responded to a fire off Benita Drive near Woodlawn Drive in Rancho Cordova just before midnight, Metro Fire said. Crews kept the fire mostly to one unit that took on major damage, while the three other units had mostly smoke damage.
Metro Fire said it called a second alarm to deploy more resources, but it canceled that call once crews already at the scene got a good handle on the fire. No one was injured, and the cause of the fire is unknown.
This was one of multiple fires Metro Fire responded to in the early hours of Wednesday. A second fire broke out after 3 a.m. along 34th Street near Q Street in the North Highlands area.
Sacramento Metropolitan Fire Protection District
Metro Fire said no one was home and that crews were able to quickly extinguish the fire. Most of the heavy damage could only be seen from inside the home. The cause of this fire is also not known.
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