Friday, January 23, 2015

DISABLED MAN DIES IN EARLY MORNING FIRE IN PORTERVILLE, CALIFORNIA



DISABLED MAN DIES IN EARLY MORNING FIRE IN PORTERVILLE, CALIFORNIA




January 23, 2015

Porterville, California:

A small apartment fire at 90 N. F St. in Porterville claimed the life of man who neighbors said was disabled and unable to flee.

The blaze, reported just before 8:30 a.m., completely gutted the small individual apartment.

Attempts by neighbors, police officers and firefighters to rescue the man were to no avail.

No other apartments in the dead-end street were damaged and firefighters said they would be on the scene for several hours investigating the cause of the blaze.

F Street was closed at Willow Avenue.