Three people suffered smoke inhalation Monday in connection with an apartment fire in the Colina Del Sol neighborhood, the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department said.

The blaze was reported just after 7:30 a.m. at the complex at 4321 Winona Ave. According to an SDFD official, the blaze was limited to one room.

The three people injured were not transported to hospitals for treatment, the official added.

Investigators remained on scene Monday to determine what started the fire.

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Eleven Oceanside residents and one cat were displaced after fire damaged an apartment complex Saturday, it was reported.

Crews were dispatched shortly after midnight Saturday to a two-story complex at 511 Canyon Drive near Lomita Street, where a first-story unit was fully engulfed in flames, the Oceanside Fire Department told Fox5.

The blaze was threatening to extend to other units until crews positioned hoses and knocked it down in under 15 minutes. One resident was attended to by medics and released for reported smoke inhalation. No further injuries were reported, fire officials told the station.

The Red Cross was working to provide additional support for the 11 displaced residents, the station reported.

The cause of the fire was under investigation.

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Four residents and eight pets were displaced Saturday after a fire broke out at a single-family home in Chula Vista, authorities said.

Units were dispatched to a residential fire call around 4:20 a.m. Saturday in the 180 block of East Naples Street, according to the Chula Vista Fire Department.

Officials said residents of the home were waiting outside while crews knocked down the fire before it spread, containing the blaze to only the vehicles in the driveway and portions of the garage.

One resident suffered minor injuries and was treated on the scene then immediately released, the department told City News Service. No other residents, pets or fire personnel were injured.

The American Red Cross and the Citizens Adversity Support Team were called to the scene for any additional assistance the residents needed.

No other damage was reported other than some smoke entering the home. It was uncertain whether the residents would be able to return to the home after the smoke cleared or if they would need to be temporarily relocated, fire officials said.

The cause of the fire was under investigation.

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Five adults displaced by an accidental trailer fire that caused an estimated $80,000 in property damage Thursday were being assisted by the Red Cross.

San Diego Fire-Rescue Department crews responded to a report of a fully involved trailer fire at 6:28 a.m. Thursday in the 180 block of Willow Road in San Ysidro, fire officials said.

The fire spread to a second trailer, according to OnScene TV. A space heater was believed to have started the blaze, the video news service reported. One trailer was destroyed in the fire and the other trailer was heavily damaged.

A dog perished in the blaze.

SDFD estimated there was $50,000 in damage to the structure of the first trailer and $15,000 to its contents. Estimated damage to the second trailer, to which the fire spread, was estimated at $15,000.

Updated at 1:15 p.m. Dec. 21, 2023

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The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search of the ocean near San Clemente Island for a downed plane with three people aboard, authorities announced Thursday.

Officials said they searched 334 square miles and found no signs of any survivors after the Phoenix Air Learjet went missing Wednesday morning about a mile southwest of San Clemente Island.

“Suspending search efforts is one of the hardest decisions to be made, but after aggressively searching the area around San Clemente Island for more than 24 hours using land, air and surface assets with negative results, the decision was made to suspend the active search until further information or developments occur,” said Capt. Jim Spitler, commander, U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego. “Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the missing passengers.”

Watchstanders at the Coast Guard’s Joint Harbor Operations Center in San Diego received the initial report of a downed aircraft, at 7:53 a.m. Wednesday from Fleet Area Control and Surveillance Facility San Diego, reporting an aircraft emergency aboard a Phoenix Air Learjet with three people on board, the Coast Guard reported.

“FACSFAC reported that the aircraft didn’t make it back to the San Clemente Island runway,” the Coast Guard said in a statement. “The Phoenix Air Learjet was reportedly contracted by the U.S. Navy and took off from Point Mugu Naval Air Station.”

According to the Coast Guard, another Phoenix Air Learjet was in the area and immediately began searching for possible survivors, and a debris field was found one mile southwest of San Clemente Island.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations aircraft and the USS San Diego diverted after hearing the emergency broadcast and began searching the area as well, the Coast Guard reported.

Also, an MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew from Coast Guard Sector San Diego and the crew aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Robert Ward, a 154-foot Fast Response Cutter homeported in Los Angeles/Long Beach, were launched and led the search.

Additionally, a U.S. Air Force C-130, multiple U.S. Air Force land and surface assets from 68th Rescue Squadron, and a U.S. Navy MH-60 Romeo helicopter from Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron were launched and assisted in the search.

The area near San Clemente Island where the aircraft was reported down is managed by the Navy and located about 80 miles west of San Diego.

City News Service contributed to this article.

The Coast Guard continued a search early Thursday for three people whose plane went down about one mile southwest of San Clemente Island off the coast of San Diego.

Officials were notified shortly before 8 a.m. Wednesday by the air traffic control tower on the island regarding a possible plane down, and a debris field was subsequently located, Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Levi Read told City News Service.

“We have our Coast Guard Cutter Robert Ward searching the area and they will be searching throughout the night and the early morning,” Read said later Wednesday night.

A crew from Air Station San Diego was also searching aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter.

The debris field was found in the ocean about a mile southwest of the island, which is a Navy training area located about 80 miles west of San Diego.

The search also involves personnel from the Navy and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Read said.

City News Service contributed to this article.

Updated 5:30 a.m. May 11, 2023

Seven apparently homeless people were rescued Monday from the rain-swollen San Diego River, and none suffered any injuries.

Just after 9 a.m., the San Diego Fire Department’s swift water rescue team responded to a riverside encampment near 4700 Pacific Highway.

Once crews arrived, they found the victims stuck on an island, and some in the water, according to fire officials.

By 9:30 a.m., five people were rescued from the area, according to the SDFD. A helicopter crew helped located two additional people west of the original location, according to the department.

Using a rescue boat, lifeguards brought the final two people out of the water at SeaWorld Drive, according to fire officials.

City News Service contributed to this article.

A young woman and man suffered fatal gunshot wounds Friday in an apparent murder-suicide evidently carried out by the latter in his Nestor-area apartment.

After gunfire sounded inside the rental residence in the 2300 block of Grove Avenue, a relative of the 20-year-old man who lived there entered and found the bodies of the pair about 11 a.m., according to the San Diego Police Department.

“Based on the initial observations of the officers at the scene, it appears the most likely scenario is that the (man) shot the (woman), and then shot himself,” SDPD Lt. Jud Campbell said.

The man’s name has been withheld pending family notification. The woman, who is believed to have been in her late teens, remained unidentified in late Friday afternoon.

“Detectives are working … to gather evidence and interview witnesses,” the lieutenant said. “There (are no suspects) outstanding, as no one else appears to have been involved in this incident.”

Updated at 5:15 p.m. Oct. 28, 2022

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Four people were arrested at a DUI checkpoint.

Two of the people were allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol and or drugs, Escondido Police reported. One was for alleged possession of cocaine and a fourth person for an outstanding Illinois warrant.

The checkpoint ran from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight at Centre City Park and Decatur Way, police said.

A total of 13 drivers were also cited for driving without a license or driving on a suspended one, police said.

Funding for this checkpoint was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, police reported.

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Two people were killed Saturday when their vehicle crashed into a light pole and caught fire on state Route 76, police said.

Police responded to calls of the crash of a Dodge SUV at 2:13 a.m. Saturday on SR-76 and Airport Road, according to Sgt. Rick Davis of the Oceanside Police Department. Officers arrived to find the SUV fully engulfed in flames.

Oceanside Fire Department crews responded to extinguish the fire and found two occupants in the vehicle dead.

There were no witnesses to the crash and the cause was under investigation by the OPD’s major accident investigation team, the sergeant said. The names of the dead were being withheld pending notification of next of kin by the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Anyone with information regarding the crash was asked to call Accident Investigator Kevin Lissner at 760-435-4431.

The crash was similar to another fatal accident a day earlier, when two people were killed when a vehicle crashed off an Oceanside street, hit a fire hydrant and overturned at about 5 p.m. Friday.

That crash took place at Avenida Empresa and College Boulevard, about a mile and a half south of SR-76, according to the OPD.

The victims, whose names were not immediately available, died at the scene, OPD spokeswoman Jennifer Atenza said.

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