Point Loma Apartment Complex Fire Injures 1, Displaces 8

SAN DIEGO -- A woman was seriously injured and eight people were displaced when a two-alarm blaze broke out at a two-story apartment complex in Point Loma Friday morning, authorities said.

The fire broke out in a second-floor unit above a garage around 7 a.m at the Harbor Villas apartments on Udall Street east of Nimitz Boulevard, San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokeswoman Monica Munoz said.

Crews evacuated nearby homes and knocked the flames down within 15 minutes.

A woman rescued from the apartment unit was treated at the scene then taken to a hospital for treatment of serious injuries, 10News reported.

Six men and two women who were displaced by the blaze and are being assisted by the American Red Cross, Munoz said.

The cause of the fire was under investigation.

City News Service contributed to this report.