One person was hospitalized with smoke inhalation and burn injuries after a fire at a senior living facility in Pleasant Hill on Thursday afternoon, a Contra Costa County Fire Protection District spokesman said.
The two-alarm fire was reported at 1:15 p.m. in an unoccupied unit at the Hookston Senior Homes at 80 W. Hookston Road.
A male victim in an adjacent unit suffered injuries while trying to escape through a hallway and had to be rescued from an apartment balcony, fire district spokesman Steve Hill said. He was taken to a hospital and an update on his condition was not immediately available.
Crews extinguished the fire by shortly before 2 p.m. and its cause is under investigation, Hill said.
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There’s a video of the fire at https://twitter.com/melissacolorado/status/1486837341859680259
The fire was determined to an electrical fire with the quote being “it started out with some electrical wires” though it’s not clear if that means wiring in a wall, an extension cord, or the power cord for an appliance.
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