2 Firefighters Injured in Blaze at Simi House
A fire destroyed the second floor of a two-story house and injured two firefighters in Simi Valley Monday night, the Ventura County Fire Department reported.
The fire started about 8:10 p.m. in a house in the 2200 block of Burnside Street and was contained at 9:13 p.m., said Fire Department dispatcher Cece Grives. A fire captain and a firefighter were treated at Simi Valley Adventist Hospital for minor injuries after they jumped from the second floor to avoid an eruption of flames, she said.
The cause of the blaze was under investigation, she said.
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