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A fire broke out in a kitchen oven at an apartment building in Mountain View Friday evening, causing $15,000 in damage but no reported injuries, according to a statement from the Mountain View Fire Department.
Dispatchers received a 911 call around 11 p.m. on Friday, July 25, reporting a fire at a multifamily residence on the 2600 block of Fayette Drive in the San Antonio area. When fire crews arrived, they saw smoke coming from the first floor of a four-story apartment building, the fire department said.
Firefighters used an extinguisher to put out flames that were coming from the bottom of a kitchen oven. They then used thermal imaging cameras to detect if any heat was behind the kitchen walls, making sure that the flames had not spread, according to the statement.
The apartment residents had left the building before the fire broke out and were not home at the time of the incident. Officials said the cause of the fire was accidental and a result of flammable materials being left in the oven.
Separately, an outdoor fence caught on fire at a single-family home in the Slater neighborhood early Sunday morning, according to a statement from the Mountain View Fire Department.
Dispatchers received a 911 call around 2:40 a.m. on Sunday, July 27, reporting that a fence was on fire and a home was at risk of catching alight on the 100 block of Gladys Avenue. When fire crews arrived, they extinguished the blaze with a “fire-attack” hose, preventing the flames from spreading to the house, the fire department said.
The residents of the house had evacuated their home when the fire broke out and were allowed to return once the flames were fully extinguished. There were no reported injuries, according to the statement.
Officials attributed the origin of the fence fire to a large hedge that had been ignited by a recreational fire pit used earlier in the evening. The fire pit was too close to the hedge, officials said. The cause of the fire was accidental and the estimated damage to the contents and structure of the property was $5,000, according to the statement.
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