Crime & Safety
Police Help Residents Evacuate Martinez Apartment Fire
One person was injured in the early-morning fire that reportedly broke out on a balcony of the three-story apartment building.
There are still a lot of firefighters out here. Some who evacuated ran out in their bathrobes and without shoes on. There’s a sense of relief now that the fire is out, but people are anxious to get back in their homes. @KTVU #Martinez pic.twitter.com/5SVIpGmuzn
— Sara Zendehnam (@szendehnam) July 15, 2019
MARTINEZ, CA — Residents of a three-story apartment complex self-evacuated when a fire broke out early Monday morning on a balcony, according to the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District. The blaze was first reported at 4:10 a.m. as a fire on a second-story balcony at 3979 Alhambra Ave., Con Fire Spokesman Steve Hill said.
Martinez police responded to the scene and helped residents self-evacuate from their apartments, Hill said. One person walked up to a fire unit for treatment of a burn on the scene but nobody else was hurt, according to Con Fire.
The fire at Lotus Apartments was knocked down by 4:30 a.m., Hill said, and firefighters started mopping up the blaze at about 4:42 a.m.
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The cause of the fire remained under investigation.
— Bay City News Service; Patch local editor Maggie Avants contributed to this report.
