Twenty people were displaced following a three-alarm fire that broke out at a second-story apartment in Fullerton on Wednesday, a fire official said.
The fire occurred around 11:10 a.m. at Meredith Manor, an apartment complex on the 1500 block of Pomona Avenue. All lanes on Orangefair Avenue were temporarily closed from Harbor Boulevard to Lemon Street until 2 p.m., according to the Fullerton Police Department.
Ten apartments were evacuated and two people were hospitalized due to smoke inhalation, police said.
Fullerton Fire Battalion Chief Jordan Morris told news service OC Hawk the department was working with the Red Cross to find temporary housing for the displaced residents. The cause of the fire was under investigation.
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