Weather | Beachcam
Login | Contact Us | Staff | Site Map | Archives | Alerts | Electronic Edition | Subscribe to the paper

Home › News › Other News

Firefighters battling blaze at senior apartment complex

staff reports
Originally published 06:04 p.m., July 10, 2007
Updated 06:04 p.m., July 10, 2007

Ventura County firefighters are battling a fire at a senior apartment complex on Chestnut Court in Thousand Oaks that left one person injured, according to Fred Ponce, spokesman for the Ventura County Fire Department. Ponce had no other information on the person's injuries.

The fire apparently broke out on the third floor of the three-story Oak Knoll Villas about 4:30 p.m., according to the fire department's Web site. Eighteen units and at least two ambulances were called to the scene.

Discussions
Discuss this article
(Requires free registration.)

Article discussions on this site are to support community debates of issues related to our stories and editorials.

Discussions should not stray from the subject of the story or editorial.

We do not allow the following:

  • Posts that degrade others on the basis of gender, race, class, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation or disability.
  • Disparaging remarks, abusive language or obscene comments.
  • Threats, whether obvious or veiled.

We reserve the right to delete threads and/or ban users for these or other reasons we deem necessary.

Opinions are the sole responsibility of the person posting them. You agree not to post comments that are off topic, defamatory, obscene, abusive, threatening or an invasion of privacy. Violators may be banned. Click here for our full user agreement.

Username:

Password:
(Forgotten your password?)

Your Turn:

Loading videos... If you don't see them shortly, you may need to download the Flash Player.