1 person detained after house fire in San Clemente

One person was detained by sheriff’s deputies following a residential fire in San Clemente on Sunday morning.

The fire broke out shortly before 5:30 a.m. in the 2300 block of Calle La Serna, where bright orange flames could be seen shooting from the roof of the house, surrounded by smoke. It took firefighters 49 minutes to get the blaze under control, the Orange County Fire Authority said on X.

A significant amount of the home was destroyed, with an estimated $750,000 in damage to the structure and roughly $250,000 in damage to the contents, OCFA Capt. Sean Doran said. Still, he added, firefighters were able to save a substantial portion of the house.

Neither the Orange County Sheriff’s Department or OCFA provided information on the person who was detained or the cause of the fire.

The investigation is ongoing, officials said.

Homes in the neighborhood, on the inland side of the 5 Freeway and near a golf course, are valued at upwards of $2 million on real estate websites.

San Clemente – dispatchers in our emergency command center received multiple calls shortly before 5:30 AM for a fire in a home in the 2300 block of Calle La Serna. Engine 60 was the first-arriving unit and found a well-involved fire in a single-family home. E60 established >>> pic.twitter.com/OKWgF1jq5c

— OCFA PIO (@OCFireAuthority) April 7, 2024

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Additional information will be added to this report as it becomes available.

Source: Orange County Register