East Palo Alto: Two Hospitalized After Two-Alarm Residential Fire

EAST PALO ALTO, CA — Two people were hospitalized and a family of seven was displaced after a two-alarm fire burned a residence on Almond Court in East Palo Alto on Thursday morning.

The fire was reported at 6:34 a.m. and contained less than a half hour later. Sixty percent of the building was on fire, according to Menlo Park Fire Protection District Chief Harold Schapelhouman.

Of the three victims, two were transported to the hospital via ambulance, one of whom suffered serious injuries, according to Schapelhouman.

More details are expected to be released Thursday, Schapelhouman said.