1 hospitalized following apartment fire in southwest Fresno, officials say

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- One idiosyncratic is successful the infirmary pursuing an early-morning flat occurrence successful southwest Fresno.

Crews responded to Kings View Manor connected MLK Boulevard and Annadale Avenue conscionable aft 3 americium Wednesday.

When they arrived, the occurrence had been enactment retired by the building's sprinkler system.

However, officials accidental a sprinkler successful the portion got stuck and kept pouring water, causing flooding that impacted 3 to 4 units.

Two to 3 twelve residents initially evacuated the gathering earlier being allowed backmost in.

Authorities accidental the origin of the occurrence is simply a archetypal for them.

"It was precise wide that that was the root of the fire, and that was truly the grade of our probe astatine this time," says Battalion Chief Thomas Cope. "It's a archetypal for maine successful presumption of the oxygen generator really causing the fire."

One idiosyncratic was taken to the infirmary for fume inhalation, and they are present displaced owed to the h2o damage.