2 hospitalized after former furniture store fire in Merced

MERCED, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Two radical were hospitalized pursuing a erstwhile furnishings store occurrence successful Merced connected Monday, the Merced Fire Department said.

Firefighters accidental they responded to a operation occurrence astatine the erstwhile Minerva Furniture gathering located astatine 16th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way connected Monday astatine 11:15 a.m.

Upon arrival, crews accidental the gathering was already connected occurrence upon arrival, which prompted a multi-engine effect with assistance from Cal Fire. A idiosyncratic was rescued from the 2nd floor, and respective people, who firefighters accidental were unhoused, were seen leaving the building.

According to the Fire Department, the radical wrong the gathering were not authorized to beryllium wrong it. As a effect of the fire, 2 radical were transported to a section infirmary and their presumption is unknown.

The origin of the occurrence is inactive nether investigation.