SAN DIEGO (KGTV) -- An apartment building was badly damaged following a two-alarm fire in Serra Mesa Thursday afternoon.
According to firefighters, the blaze started at an apartment complex on the 3300 block of Ruffin Road around 1:20 p.m.
Once they arrived on scene, firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze in 20 minutes.
A total of two units, one on the first floor and another on the second, burned in the fire. Two additional units were later determined to have been involved in the blaze.
Two adults and two children were displaced from one of the units while two adults and two pets were displaced from the other.
SDFD crews have put out a fire at an apartment complex at 3399 Ruffin Rd. Firefighters searched the two apartments involved and no one was inside. This was a second alarm fire that started at about 1:20 p.m. Thursday. #firefighters #apartmentfire
— Colin Stowell (@SDFDChief) December 27, 2018