2 INJURED IN SAUGUS FIRE.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Staff Writer SAUGUS - Two men were injured when a house caught fire Saturday, possibly sparked by someone smoking in bed, authorities said. The two men were inside a one-story house behind Saugus Cafe on San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the when the fire started before 12:20 p.m. One man suffered a cut on his arm and the other was taken to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital with second degree burns over half of his body, authorities said. A firefighter suffered second-degree burns second-degree burn n. A burn that blisters the skin and is more severe than a first-degree burn. second-degree burn See Burn. on one ear but did not need medical attention, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Capt. Tom Robertson For information about the 19th century playwright, see Thomas William Robertson Tom Robertson (Born 1873, died circa 1939) was a Scottish international footballer who played for Liverpool Football Club in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, helping them to a of the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Fire Department's Station 126 in Valencia. ``When we got there the house was well involved. We're chalking it up to an accident, but the cause of the fire is under investigation,'' Robertson said. The structure sustained an estimated $64,000 in damage, and property loss inside the house was about $500, Robertson said. The blaze and responding fire crews slowed traffic on San Fernando Road for about an hour. Amy Raisin, (661) 257-5254 amy.raisin(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Paramedics treat one of two men injured in a midday fire in Saugus. One victim had a cut on his arm; the other had second-degree burns over half his body and was taken to Newhall Memorial. (2) A firefighter carries a hose at a Saugus home fire Saturday. The blaze may have started with someone smoking in bed. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer |
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