Fire destroys Central Fresno apartments

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Charred cars and rubble are what's near aft a occurrence tore done this Central Fresno flat complex.

Fire crews were called retired astir 4:30 Friday greeting to Clinton and Warren Avenues.

"They recovered respective vehicles, oregon a fewer vehicles, connected occurrence nether a covered carport, that occurrence besides extended into the flat buildings," said Fresno Fire spokesperson Josh Sellers.

Crews had to teardrop distant parts of a ceiling to forestall the occurrence from spreading into 3 of the 8 apartments.

Fire investigators judge the blaze started astir the vehicles parked nether the carport.

One of the residents, who didn't privation to look connected camera, said her conveyance is simply a full nonaccomplishment and is unsure what's salvageable from her location since firefighters had to committee up her apartment.

But she believes everything she owns is destroyed.

She was 1 of 3 radical who are present without a location a small little than 2 weeks from Christmas.

The displaced nonmigratory tells Action News she was capable to get assistance from the American Red Cross erstwhile the occurrence was enactment out.

"The Red Cross responds to much than 65,000 disasters a year, astir of which are location fires. Here successful the Central Valley, we respond to much than 200 connected a yearly average," American Red Cross Spokeswoman Taylor Poisall.

Red Cross volunteers responded to the occurrence Friday morning.

Poisall adds that volunteers are the unsung heroes who spell the other mile to guarantee radical are cared for aft experiencing a devastating incidental similar Friday's fire.

"They're on-call and acceptable to respond wrong hours to supply comfortableness and care, a enarthrosis to outcry connected if needed. But to assistance radical get done the adjacent fewer hours," said Poisall.

Authorities said connected average, Fresno firefighters respond to 3 fires per day.

"So acold this year, for 2024, we've had 1 1000 64 operation fires," said Sellers.

He adds 19 much fires than past twelvemonth astir the aforesaid time.

He encourages radical to beryllium cautious erstwhile cooking and utilizing vacation decorations arsenic the vacation play continues.

The occurrence connected Clinton and Warren avenues is inactive nether investigation.

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