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Oakland House Fire Sends One To Hospital

OAKLAND (CBS SF) -- A one-alarm structure fire that burned one person and displaced six others from their home was under control within a half-hour late Saturday night, a dispatcher at the Oakland Fire Department said.

Firefighters extinguished the fire at 62nd Street and San Pablo Avenue at about 10:30 p.m., a fire dispatcher said.

The Oakland Fire Department first responded to reports of the fire at about 10 p.m., the dispatcher said.

The burn victim was taken to a local hospital for treatment, the dispatcher said.

The amount of damage to the home is unknown and investigators have not released the cause of the fire.

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