South Sacramento home severely damaged in fire; embers spread to deck of other house
SACRAMENTO – A south Sacramento house was severely damaged in a fire that appears to have extended from some grass and a fence nearby.
Sacramento Fire crews responded to the scene along the 4200 block of Chinquapin Way just after 2 p.m. Friday.
At the scene, firefighters found both a house and a car in a driveway quickly going up in smoke.
Structure fire: 4200 block of Chinquapin Way. Crews arrived to a grass & fence fire that extended into a house & car. Crews stopped the fire from extending into the house next door however, embers caught a deck on fire at another house. No injuries. pic.twitter.com/qIqWTBUAua
— Sacramento Fire Department (@SacFirePIO) June 30, 2023
Crews were able to keep the flames from spreading to one of the houses next door. However, firefighters say embers did get onto a deck at another house and caught it on fire.
An added challenge that firefighters had to battle was extremely high heat. Friday marked the first time in 294 days that Sacramento hit 100 degrees.
No injuries have been reported.
Exactly what started the fire is under investigation.