Raw video: Two-alarm fire at group home for veterans in East Palo Alto, California.
Brandon Vaccaro with 911Photography.comwas on the scene for the fire Monday night at 1208 Bay Road in East Palo Alto, California. The home was used as transitional housing for formerly homeless veterans. One veteran helped another escape down a neighbor’s ladder.
The two-alarm fire started in the kitchen and the people living inside said it spread fast. Some of the residents were upstairs when they heard the smoke detectors go off.
There were 14 people were living in the building on Bay Road in East Palo Alto. It was a transitional housing facility for homeless military veterans. There were 44 firefighters that were called to fight the fire. The fire chief said this was a tough one to put out largely because of the layout of the building.
“We had probably a small home at one time. Just like the Winchester Mystery House it’s gotten bigger over time so the firefighters actually had a very difficult time finding all the fire in all the different rooms and it led to an extended attack,” said Menlo Park Fire Protection District Chief Harold Schapelhouman.
