By Lucas Nava and Trisha Anas
Signal Staff Writers
Eight apartments were evacuated, two were burned and two dogs were rescued from a structure fire in the 16900 block of Flo Lane on Tuesday evening, according to the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.
“The Fire Department believes it was an electrical fire,” said Sgt. Johnny Gillespie. “The call was dispatched at 7:18 p.m. The first unit went at 7:20 p.m.”
The L.A. County Fire Department was first notified of the fire at 7:19 p.m. and arrived on the scene five minutes later.
Two dogs were rescued from the affected unit, according to Maria Grycan, spokeswoman for the Fire Department.
Kaitlyn Aldana, a spokeswoman for the Fire Department, said that the fire was knocked down around 7:40 p.m. She also said that there didn’t appear to be any other exposures aside from the two apartments burned.
“No reported injuries,” said fire dispatch supervisor Jeremy Stafford. “Nobody was transported to the hospital.”
