San Diego
Two fires in San Diego caused a total of $85,000 in damages Saturday, left two adults and five children without a home and injured two senior citizens, fire officials said.
A blaze at a home in the 1500 block of Klauber Avenue in Encanto began at 9:20 a.m. when one of the five children living at the home was playing with matches and set a couch on fire, fire officials said.
The fire spread to a Christmas tree that was next to the couch, and then engulfed the whole house.
Fire officials estimated damages in that blaze at $70,000. The family living at the house was taken in by the Red Cross.
A smaller fire at a Point Loma senior citizens complex began when a cigarette ignited a chair in a multipurpose room of the complex in the 1000 block of Scott Street, fire officials said.
The fire, which began at 10:43 a.m., caused $15,000 in damages.
Two senior citizens who suffered smoke inhalation refused to be taken to the hospital, fire officials said.
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