CARLSBAD, Calif — One person was killed and one injured during a fire that broke out in a residential neighborhood of Carlsbad Saturday.
The fire was reported early Saturday afternoon in the 900 block of Pine Avenue, near the intersection of Harding Street, according to the Carlsbad Police Department. Police and fire investigators were still on scene as of Saturday afternoon.
The property officials responded to was a duplex, with a single-story unit in the front and a two-story unit in the back.
"Harding Street from Oak Avenue to Pine Avenue will be closed for an unknown duration. Please avoid the area while first responders attend to the situation," the department said.
One death was confirmed, and the injured person was taken to a hospital, Carlsbad Fire Department PIO Holly Gonzalez told CBS 8.
The cause of the blaze was not immediately known, but the fire has been contained.
The victims' identities have not been released, and no further information was immediately available.