A dog was killed in Lincoln Park Wednesday morning in a house fire that likely sparked from some smoking materials that were thrown away in a trash can, authorities said.
At around 2 a.m., San Diego Fire-Rescue Department (SDFD) crews were called to a fire burning in a two-story home on Evergreen Village Lane. Six residents inside the home had safely escaped the flames but a dog, unfortunately, did not.
SDFD Battalion Chief Mike McBride said the fire engulfed one room and then spread to the second floor.
βIt was apparently started by discarded smoking materials into a trash can,β he explained.
McBride said one person went back into the house before firefighters arrived, to try to put out the flames with a garden hose, which McBride emphasized is not safe.
The family was displaced by the fire, but the Red Cross is helping them find a place to stay.