Woman badly burned, family with five children displaced in large house fire near Fresno
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A woman suffered major burns and a family with five children was displaced due to a large house fire Tuesday night just outside Fresno city limits and south of Clovis.
Units from the Clovis Fire, Fresno Fire and Fresno County Fire departments all responded to the 3000 block of North Locan Avenue near Shields Avenue, where a home was heavily damaged and a burn victim was attended to at the scene before being transported to a local hospital.
In all, two adults and five children were forced to vacate the house after several bedrooms and the living room were destroyed, according to Fresno Fire Battalion Chief Ryan Michaels.
Cause of the fire still was being determined. Michaels said the fire started near a water heater inside the home.
The family is expected to be displaced for some time.
Michaels estimated about 50% of the home suffered smoke damage, though he added that the smoke detectors in the house were working.
“Early detection is key,” Michaels said. “This fire was traveling rather quickly.”
This story was originally published December 29, 2020 at 10:51 PM with the headline "Woman badly burned, family with five children displaced in large house fire near Fresno."