Initial report of a person inside
12-8-20 – Ventura – 10:22pm , Ventura City Fire Department, Oxnard Fire Department, Ventura County Fire Department, and AMR paramedics were dispatched to a residential fire call in the 2800 block of Channel Drive by Francis Street.
Due to multiple callers reporting they were seeing flames, the call was quickly upgraded to a working fire assignment. Arriving firefighters reported finding a large amount of fire coming out the front of the single story home and added a 2nd Alarm response to the incident.
Crews quickly set up multiple teams conducting different functions in attacking the fire and conducting potential rescue operations. There were flames around the entirety of the first floor, according to the firefighters.
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Firefighters had destroyed and made access through a window due to there being initial reports that at least one person was still inside the house. While Ventura PD reported that at least one person had made it outside the house, by 10:08pm crews were reporting they were bringing a person outside who had still been trapped on the residential property. The additional person was being medically assessed for smoke inhalation, and was not going to need a medical transport.
By 10:48pm, the fire had been knocked down. Ventura PD was conducting traffic control on Channel from Rancho Drive to South Brent Street. An investigator was requested to further determine the circumstances of the fire. Gas, Edison and the Red Cross was also being requested.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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