4-Alarm Fire Damages San Leandro Apartment Building
SAN LEANDRO (CBS SF) -- Firefighters from across the East Bay battled a four-alarm fire at an apartment building in San Leandro Tuesday afternoon that burned for almost an hour.
The blaze occured just after 3 p.m. at 724 Lewelling Blvd., near Hesperian Boulevard. Alameda County fire spokeswoman Aisha Knowles said the fire burned in a four-story building that was part of Chateau Manor.
Firefighters from the Oakland, Hayward, Piedmont, Fremont and Alameda fire departments assisted in the response and extinguished the blaze shortly before 4 p.m.
Knowles said the fire appeared to have started on the building's lower floors and climbed to the third and fourth floors. Four apartments sustained fire damage and several others were damaged by smoke.
The fire's cause remained under investigation.
Firefighters assisted two people in exiting the building, Knowles said, including one person who suffered minor injuries and was treated at the scene but declined medical transport.
A total of 12 engines, four fire trucks and one heavy rescue unit responded, Knowles said.
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