SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – According to San Diego Fire-Rescue, seven people were displaced after a house fire in Mountain View early Saturday morning.
The fire was reported just after 3:30 a.m. on Teak Street near Ocean View Boulevard. Crews responded quickly and were able to get the fire under control. The house that burned down stands on a lot with a second house in front, and the front house is not damaged.
Family and residents of the front house said they think the fire started from a washer / dryer. They also said they should pull bars off a window to help people escape, with those outside pulling and those inside kicking the bars. Four people were injured after climbing through the broken window.
Crews say a total of seven people were displaced and the American Red Cross was called in to help, but the family on the ground said everything is fine. They said the hardest thing is to realize they had lost everything, including Christmas presents that the two little girls who lived in the burned house had just unwrapped the day before.
The family started a GoFundMe to raise money after the fire.