Fire breaks out in Downtown Fresno apartment

Sunday, December 30, 2018
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A woman is displaced following an apartment fire in Downtown Fresno.

Firefighters were called to the complex around 2:30 p.m. near Inyo and Van Ness.
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Investigators say the woman was putting away Christmas decorations when she set a box on top of the stove that caught fire.

Sprinklers were set off in the apartment and contained the blaze to the single unit.

"The holidays...carelessness," said Thomas Cope.
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The building was evacuated as a precaution, but no one was hurt in the fire.

Damage is estimated around $10,000.
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