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.

–City News Service

A Clairemont Mesa apartment fire left two people injured Thursday.

The blaze erupted at about 12:30 p.m. Thursday in the 7700 block of Belden Street, just west of Linda Vista Road and Interstate 805, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.

Crews had the flames under control within 15 minutes of their arrival, the city agency reported.

It was not immediately clear how seriously the victims were injured. Paramedics took one of them to a hospital, according to the fire department.

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Firefighters quickly subdued a blaze that damaged a set of four attached garages Thursday at a Talmadge-area residential complex.

The non-injury blaze erupted shortly after 8 a.m. Thursday in the 4400 block of 48th Street, just north of El Cajon Boulevard, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.

Crews had the flames extinguished within 15 minutes, the city agency reported.

The cause of the fire was under investigation.

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 Fire caused an estimated $300,000 in damage to a restaurant in Pacific Beach Monday, the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department said.

The fire at Zen 5 Sushi at 1130 Garnet Ave. was reported at 1:53 a.m. and brought under control at 2:13 a.m., according to a SDFRD.

Crews responded to the restaurant fire on the first level of a mixed- use residential structure and prevented the flames from spreading to the residences above.

There were no injuries reported, but two adults and three children were displaced.

The fire caused an estimated $200,000 in structural damage and about $100,000 in other damages to the restaurant, according to SDFRD.

The cause of the fire was under investigation.

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 A homeless encampment fire in a vacant lot spread to an apartment complex nearby and caused some smoke damage, the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department reported Wednesday.

Two adults and five pets were displaced and assisted by the Red Cross, according to an online incident report. No one was injured.

Crews arrived at 10:02 p.m. Tuesday at 926 South 45th Street to find a fire at a vacant lot that was threatening an apartment complex next to the lot. They worked quickly to prevent the fire from spreading to the apartments but there was some smoke damage which made a couple of apartments uninhabitable, SDFRD officials said.

The fire appears to have started in a homeless encampment which was set up in the vacant lot.

The cause of the fire is undetermined. The fire was estimated to be brought under control by 10:13 p.m.

Estimated damage to the apartment structure was $100,000. Estimated damage to apartment contents was $10,000.

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A man who drove under the influence the wrong way on Interstate 805 in San Ysidro and plowed into another vehicle, killing the other driver, was sentenced this week to more than six years in state prison.

Fernando Goneortiz, 29, pleaded guilty to the July 26, 2023, crash that killed 57-year-old Abel Bermudez Griego, a Los Angeles resident and father of six.

The crash happened just before noon, with Goneortiz’s Audi traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of traffic, near East San Ysidro Boulevard.

The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department said the Audi crashed head-on into a minivan in the No. 2 lane. The minivan driver, Bermudez Griego, died at the scene. Goneortiz was hospitalized for injuries sustained in the crash and was later arrested.

Goneortiz was sentenced Thursday in Chula Vista Superior Court to six years for gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, plus six months for a misdemeanor count of driving on the wrong side of the freeway.

A GoFundMe page created to raise funds for the victim’s family stated that Bermudez Griego had been traveling to Ensenada that weekend to visit his mother. His six children ranged in age from 10 to 40 years old at the time of his death, according to the page.

–City News Service

 A fire of unknown origin engulfed a residential garage in Carmel Valley Friday.

The non-injury blaze broke out about 4:15 a.m. Friday in the 3600 block of Torrey View Court, just east of Interstate 5 and less than a mile south of State Route 56, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.

It took crews less than 10 minutes to subdue the flames, the city agency reported.

The cause of the fire was under investigation.

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A predawn apartment fire in Pacific Beach displaced three people Friday and caused an estimated $25,000 worth of damage.

The non-injury blaze in the 2200 block of Garnet Avenue erupted about 1:15 a.m. Friday, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.

Crews had the flames under control within about 15 minutes, the city agency reported.

A resident of the apartment told firefighters the blaze started on a couch, according to SDFRD public affairs.

Investigators set the monetary losses at $15,000 to the structure and $10,000 to contents.

The American Red Cross was called in to help the displaced people, all adults, arrange for shelter.

–Updated at 12 p.m. May 3, 2024

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Four adults and a child were displaced Wednesday in a home’s attic fire in San Ysidro, fire officials said.

At 5:55 a.m. Wednesday, fire crews saw light smoke coming from the attic in a home in the 1900 block of Valance Street upon arrival, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department online log.

The occupants escaped from the structure before fire crews arrived. Four adults and a child were assisted by the Red Cross.

The fire was estimated to be under control by 6:16 a.m.

A fire investigator was assigned to find the cause of the fire.

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Four residents of a two-story apartment in the Linda Vista neighborhood were displaced Monday after a fire in the attic, the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department said.

Fire crews responded at 12:08 a.m. Monday to a report of smoke at a apartment complex in the 2100 block of Drescher Street, according to a SDFRD log. They found an attic fire above one of the units.

The apartment’s occupants left before crews arrived and no one was injured.

Four residents were assisted by the Red Cross.

The cause of the fire was accidental, fire officials said.

Estimated damage to the structure was $500,000 and to the contents, $100,000.

Estimated damage to adjacent units was $100,000.

The fire was reported to be extinguished at 2:13 a.m.

–City News Service