Fire On El Camino Real Damages Local Business

SAN MATEO, CA — A fire damaged a building with a tax service business in it in San Mateo on Wednesday night, fire officials said. Firefighters responded at 9:14 p.m. to what was initially reported as a trash fire in the area of 24th Avenue and South El Camino Real, according to the San Mateo Fire Department.

The two-story building has a Liberty Tax Service business on the ground floor and a single residential unit on the second floor. The fire was in the unoccupied tax business and crews extinguished it within five minutes of arriving, fire officials said.

The response blocked El Camino Real in the area for a short period of time. The occupants of the residential unit were able to return home afterward, fire officials said.

No injuries were reported and the cause of the blaze is under investigation.

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