2-year-old, man hospitalized after blaze rips through North Sacramento home
A fire that sparked Wednesday morning in a Noralto home hospitalized two people, including a 2-year-old child, the Sacramento Fire Department confirmed.
The blaze ignited in the bedroom of a home along the 2500 block of Grove Avenue and was reported at 11:15 a.m. Firefighters who responded to the call identified a man and a child on the premises, Capt. Justin Sylvia, a Sacramento Fire Department spokesperson, said in a statement.
The man received CPR on site and was alert and oriented before he was hospitalized. The 2-year-old was also hospitalized and is receiving treatment for smoke inhalation, Sylvia said.
The cause of the fire, which was quick put out by firefighters, remains under investigation.
Reeti Malhotra
The Sacramento Bee