Pleasant Hill Woman Suffers Burns In 1-Alarm Apartment Fire

PLEASANT HILL (CBS SF) -- A woman suffered minor burns in a one-alarm apartment fire in Pleasant Hill Sunday afternoon, a fire official said.

Firefighters responded to a report of the fire in the 2100 block of Geary Road shortly after 4 p.m., Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Fire Marshal Robert Marshall said.

A second alarm response was called for but was quickly canceled, according to a dispatcher.

The blaze at the two-story building was under control around 4:25 p.m., Marshall said.

Once fire crews knocked down the fire, they searched through the building and located the woman in a unit involved in the blaze, according to Marshall.

She was transported to a hospital for minor burns to her legs and smoke inhalation, he said.

The fire was caused by unattended cooking in a kitchen in the same unit where the woman was found, Marshall said.

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