A two-alarm fire tore through a house in Orinda on Monday morning, authorities said.
The blaze began around 10:15 a.m. at a house on Las Palomas, according to Dennis Rein, a spokesman for the Moraga-Orinda Fire District. Firefighters arrived to find flames shooting out of the house, and at least two truck companies were summoned to attack the blaze, he said.
Firefighters battle a two-alarm structure fire on Las Palomas in Orinda, Calif., on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
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The cause of the fire remains unclear. Fire crews from the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District were called to help extinguish the blaze.
Check back for updates to this developing story.
