E-Mail
Print
tool name
close
Monday, Jan. 25, 2010
Livingston woman injured in house fire
A woman was taken to a San Francisco burn center Sunday after suffering second degree burns in a house fire on Livingston-Cressey Road.
The large blaze was reported around 10 p.m. in the 1000 block of Livingston-Cressey Road, and the cause remains under investigation, according to Cal Fire/Merced County Fire Department investigators.
The woman, who was around her 60s or 70s, suffered second-degree burns to her face, according to Capt. Danny Suarez. Her condition remains unknown.
SUN-STAR PHOTO BY MARCI STENBERG PG&E employee turns off the gas and electric, as Merced County firefighters extinguish a structure fire in the 1000 block of Livingston-Creesey Road late Sunday, January 24, 2010 evening. The elderly woman who was injured had second and third degree burns and was taken to the burn center in San Francisco.
Two other occupants inside the home escaped unharmed.
Officer Zeus Baldevia with the Livingston Police Department also suffered minor burns to his hands while pulling the woman out of the burning house, according to Sgt. Ray Fong of the Livingston department.
Baldevia's injury did not require a visit to the hospital, Fong said.
A total of 28 firefighters, four engines, one chief officer, one prevention officer and an Riggs ambulance responded to the scene.
Reporter Victor A. Patton can be reached at (209) 385-2431 or vpatton@mercedsun-star.com.
-- Victor A. Patton
Commenting is closed for this story
@Nyx.CommentBody@