DATE: 06-01-08

ADULTS INJURED: 0
TIME: 2201 hrs

MINORS INJURED: 0
INCIDENT TYPE: Structure fire

CIVILIAN FATALITIES: 0
ADDRESS / LOCATION:   2601 Columbus Ave.

CIVILIANS RESCUED : 0
INCIDENT NO: 11301

FIREFIGHTER INJURIES: 0
OCCUPANCY NAME: Single family residence

FIREFIGHTER FATALITIES: 0
OCCUPANCY / # UNITS: 1

PET / ANIMAL FATALITIES: 0
1st IN COMPANY: FS 8

ASSISTING AGENCIES: PG &E, City Building Dept, KCFD
BATTALION: Bat 1

INCIDENT CONTROL TIME: 10 minutes
COUNCIL WARD: Ward 3 (Wier)

INCIDENT DURATION: 3 hours
DOLLAR LOSS: $85,000

TOTAL # ALARMS: 1- reinforced
DOLLARS SAVED: $415,000

TOTAL  # PERSONNEL: 11
DISPLACED/EVACUATED: 1

INCIDENT COMMANDER: Battalion Chief  
Wiggins
ARSON / CAUSE: Under Investigation
 
Sunday,  June 1, 2008 at 2201 Hrs. (10:01 p.m. PST) a reinforced first alarm from the Bakersfield FIRE Department consisting of 3 engines, 2 trucks, 1 squad,  1 Battalion Commander, 1 arson unit, responded to a report of a structure fire at a northeast Bakersfield location. The first arriving engine company reported heavy fire emitting from a single family residence. The residence was part of a large multi-unit apartment complex with significant exposure risk.
 
Bakersfield City FIRE crews advanced hose lines through the front door, searching for possible victims of the fire as they moved to the rear of the house. The firefighters were met with extreme heat and smoke from the growing fire that was consuming a living room, bedroom and hall.  Aggressive fire attack controlled the fire in less then ten (10) minutes.
 
Damage to the residence was set at $85,000. Due to the construction and close proximity to multiple units in the La Jolla complex the fire could have been much more destructive. Quick attack confined the fire to the apartment if origin.
 
The cause of the fire in under investigation by BFD Arson units. The cause is considered suspicious.