Child Dies, 2 Family Members Injured In 2-Alarm Vallejo House Fire
VALLEJO (CBS SF) -- At least one person died and two others were injured following a fire that broke out in a home in Vallejo Sunday morning.
The fire was first reported at 9:53 a.m. in the 800 block of Stella Street across Highway 37 from Discovery Kingdom according to Vallejo fire spokesman Kevin Brown.
Witnesses said that a young child was trapped inside the burning home and several Good Samaritans, along with the child's mother and an uncle, were attempting to rescue the child when firefighters arrived. Officials confirmed to KPIX the child was deceased when located.
The mother was taken to Kaiser Vallejo with 2nd-degree burns and the uncle also suffered minor injuries, according to a Vallejo Fire Dept. spokesman.
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