South Sacramento apartment fire leaves child dead, two adults with minor injuries
A child was killed and two adults were injured Sunday in an apartment fire in the Greenhaven neighborhood of south Sacramento, according to the Sacramento Fire Department.
When firefighters arrived just after 6:30 a.m. to the second-floor dwelling at Riverside Boulevard and Greenhaven Drive, one person, a child, was reported to be trapped inside. The crew was able to get into the apartment, but the juvenile inside was pronounced dead on the scene.
Two adults, who were able to escape the same apartment, were taken to a hospital to be treated for minor burns and smoke inhalation.
A Sacramento Fire Department spokesperson said the cause of the fire was under investigation.