Three displaced by early morning house fire in west Modesto
Three adults received aid from the American Red Cross after being displaced by a house fire early Wednesday in west Modesto, according to the Modesto Fire Department.
Shortly before 3 a.m. Wednesday, crews from the Burbank Paradise Fire District and the Modesto and Ceres fire departments were dispatched to a report of a working residential structure fire on Chicago Avenue.
According to a Modesto battalion chief’s incident summary, the first to arrive found smoke and flames coming from a one-story single-family home. Occupants had evacuated safely.
Crews operated in the offensive mode — entering the home — and prevented it from threatening neighboring residences.
The cause and origin are being investigated by the Stanislaus Regional Fire Investigation Unit.
This story was originally published November 11, 2020 at 8:10 AM.
