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Two Hurt In Ventura County House Fire

(VCFD Fire)
Ventura County firefighters give oxygen to dog hurt in house fire

Two people were hurt in a house fire in Ventura County.

The blaze was discovered at around 6:30 last night, at Leisure Village in Camarillo. An elderly man and woman were taken to a hospital, with the woman reported to be critically injured. Firefighters also used oxygen to help a dog which suffered from smoke inhalation.

Ventura County firefighters knocked down the blaze in about 20 minutes, and were able to keep it from spreading to other units in the fourplex. There’s no word on the cause yet.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.