Boarded-up Garfield Avenue building catches fire Saturday morning
SACRAMENTO - Firefighters extinguished a commercial fire Saturday morning in a boarded-up building on Garfield Avenue in the Foothill Farms area.
Metro Fire of Sacramento said crews were dispatched at roughly 6:15 a.m. to a working commercial fire in the 5700 block of Garfield Avenue. Firefighters forced entry into the building and extinguished the fire. Nobody was in the building at the time of the fire, although it is possibly occupied by homeless people.
Crews arrived to a working commercial fire in a boarded up building. Crews forced entry, extinguished the fire, and searched the structure. Fortunately nobody was inside at the time, although the building does appear to be occupied by homeless persons. No injuries reported, the… pic.twitter.com/3n3TtPXrbn
— Metro Fire of Sacramento (@metrofirepio) July 15, 2023
The cause of the fire is under investigation.