An early morning apartment fire in La Jolla damaged two rental units Tuesday, displacing six people and causing some $650,000 worth of losses, but no one was injured.
The fire began at about 4:15 a.m. in the 600 block of Carla Way, just east of La Jolla Hermosa Avenue and south of Van Nuys Street, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
The American Red Cross was called in to help four adults and two children arrange for emergency shelter.
“Nobody’s injured, no firefighters, no civilian injuries,” San Diego Fire-Rescue Battalion Chief Aaron Bothwell told Onscene.TV. He said that crews had the flames under control within about 20 minutes.
He added that one pet, a rabbit, was evacuated and reuinted with its owner.
The cause of the fire — which caused an estimated $500,000 in structural damages and destroyed roughly $150,000 worth of contents — was under investigation, according to SDFRD public affairs.
City News Service contributed to this report.